Sophocles and Alcibiades : Athenian politics in ancient Greek literature / Michael Vickers.

Author/creator Vickers, Michael J.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 205 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Alcibiades--In literature.
Sophocles--Characters. --Alcibiades.
Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation.
Politics in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Athens (Greece)--In literature.

Contents The mythologizing of history -- Antigone, Pericles and Alcibiades -- Oedipus Tyrannus, Alcibiades, Cleon and Aspasia -- Ajax, Alcibiades and Andocides -- Philoctetes, Alcibiades, Andocides and Pericles -- Alcibiades in exile : Euripides' Cyclops -- Oedipus at Colonus, Alcibiades and Critias -- Critias and Alcibiades : Euripides' Bacchae -- Alcibiades and Melos : Thucydides 5.84-116 -- Thucydides on tyrannicides : not a "digression" -- Alcibiades and Persia (and more Thucydidean "digressions") -- Alcibiades and Critias in the Gorgias: Plato's "fine satire."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and indexes.
LCCN 2008013266
ISBN9780801447327 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801447321 (cloth : alk. paper)