Humans and Gods in Sophocles and Early Gre...

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This book proposes that Sophoclean tragedy is a distinctive form of religious discourse concerned with exploring the relationship between humans and gods. Building on recent scholarship that has begun to reintegrate literature within the study of Greek religion after decades of neglect, Alexandre Johnston positions Sophocles' seven extant plays within a vibrant tradition of early Greek theology, literature and philosophy that cuts across modern disciplinary boundaries. Blending an overarching thematic approach with detailed analysis of key case studies, he argues that tragedies such as Antigone and Electra were at once poetic works and religious artefacts that engaged profoundly with contemporary intellectual culture. Through their narrative structure and performance, these tragedies allow spectators privileged insights into the workings of an obscure, unstable world dominated by inscrutable gods, offering distinctive, sometimes radical visions of the divine and its impact on the existence of mortals.

Über den Autor

Alexandre Johnston is Departmental Lecturer in Ancient Greek Literature at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Humans and Gods in Early Greek Thought; 2. Sophocles the Ironist: Theology and Dramatic Structure in Sophoclean Tragedy; 3. Trachiniae: Alternation, Suffering and the Limits of Wisdom; 4. Antigone: Humans, Gods and the Failure of Reason; 5. Electra: Human Control, Reversal and the Limits of Divine Communication; Conclusion. Bibliography. General Index. Index Locorum.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009727792
ISBN-10:	1009727796
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Johnston, Alexandre
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Alexandre Johnston
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.05.2026
Gewicht:	0,343 kg