A Companion to Sophocles [Hardcover]

• 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 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@