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Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) by Sophocles.; Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) about?
The theme of Sophocles' Philoctetes is of lasting significance. It revolves round Neoptolemus' struggles with his conscience, and Philoctetes' strength in adversity and refusal to accept any compromise. Sophocles explores the relationship between the two central characters with powerful subtlety. The main emphasis in Professor Webster's commentary is on explaining the impact of the play through metre and language rather than on the examination and comparison of points of grammatical and syntactical usage. He deals with all the essential problems of the play at a level appropriate to the needs of students in the upper forms of schools and at university.
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- Author
- Sophocles.; Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521098908
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Sophocles 1: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Complete Greek Tragedies) (1970)
- Sophocles' Antigone : with introduction, translation and essay (1998)
- The Complete Works of Sophocles (2013)
- Sophocles: Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus ; 2. Antigone. The women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus ; 3. Fragments (1997)
- Sophocles I : Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (1991)
- R. C. Jebb - Sophocles. Plays. Antigone (Classic Commentaries on Greek and Latin Texts) (2004) (2004)
- Sophocles' Antigone : with introduction, translation and essay (2012)
- Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics) (2001)
- Sophocles: Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library) (2002)
- Sophocles (1954)
- Sophocles, 1 : Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Penn Greek Drama Series) (1998)
- Sophocles: Ajax (Classic Commentaries on Latin & Greek Texts) (Classic Commentaries on Latin & Greek Texts) (2004)
- Sophocles: Electra (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (1973)
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