A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles.
- First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies
- Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on Sophocles
- Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens
- Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical context
- Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights
List of Illustrations x
List of Abbreviations xi
Notes on Contributors xv
Acknowledgments xx
1 Introduction 1
Kirk Ormand
PART I Text and Author 7
2 The Textual Transmission of Sophocles’ Dramas 9
P. J. Finglass
3 Sophocles’ Biography 25
Ruth Scodel
4 Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides 38
John Davidson
PART II The Plays and the Fragments 53
5 Antigone 55
André Lardinois
6 Polyphonic Ajax 69
Peter Burian
7 Oedipus Tyló@