The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles / / Poulheria Kyriakou.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Kyriakou, Poulheria,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (606 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; A. AESCHYLUS --; I. Persae --; II. Septem contra Thebas --; III. Supplices --; IV. Agamemnon --; V. Choephori and Eumenides --; B. SOPHOCLES --; I. Ajax --; II. Philoctetes --; III. Electra --; IV. Trachiniae --; V. Oedipus Tyrannus --; VI. Oedipus Coloneus --; Conclusions --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index of passages --; Index of names and subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110257564; 9783110238570; 9783110238464; 9783110636178; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261219
• ISSN: 1868-4785
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110257564
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Poulheria Kyriakou.

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters’ beliefs, values, and emotions bear on their view of the past. This view reinforces their beliefs and their conception of themselves and others as agents of free will and members of a family and/or community. The study reveals that, although the characters’ idea of the past is fixed, the impact of the past is not. The characters consider, review, and construct narratives of it, as they seek to mould a future they perceive as morally just for themselves and others.