Oedipus at Colonus : : Sophocles, Athens, and the World / / Andreas Markantonatos.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
• VerfasserIn: Markantonatos, Andreas,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte , 87
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Other title: i-vi --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Poet, the Polis and the Play --; Chapter 2. Multiple Stories: The Oedipus Myth --; Chapter 3. Sophocles and Oedipus: The Quest for Athens --; Chapter 4. Religion and History: The Future of Athens --; Chapter 5. Tragic Intertextuality: Hope and Fear --; Chapter 6. Influence and Performance: Oedipus and the World --; Conclusion --; General Index --; Index of Greek Words --; Index of Oedipus at Colonus Passages
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110920482; 9783110621099; 9783110238570; 9783110636178; 9783110277135; 9783110277197; 9783110277005
• ISSN: 1862-1112
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110920482
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andreas Markantonatos.

This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues. Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles’ Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices. The book won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.