Euripides and the Sophists : some dramatic treatments of philosophical ideas /
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Author / Creator: | Conacher, D. J. |
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Imprint: | London : Duckworth, 1998. |
Description: | 128 p. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3549261 |
Summary: | This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on Euripides as the creative virtuoso of dramatic ideas rather than as a philosopher. Euripides' adaptation covers a range of dramatic styles and approaches, from the tragic treatment of the nature in "Hippolytus", to the near parody of Sophistic views on sense-perception in "Helen". |
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Physical Description: | 128 p. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 071562816X |