Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pantelis MichelakisSeries:Classics in TheoryPublish date:2/15/2026Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198844105ISBN-10:198844107UPC:9780198844105Book Category:History, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.62 x 5.76 x 0.84 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SCWDRVQXEG
Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides
Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides explores three of the earliest, and most influential, accounts of plague visitations in Western literature: Homer's Iliad book 1 (1-487), Sophocles' Oedipus the King (esp. 1-215), and Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War book 2 (esp. 47.3-54). The question at the core of this study is how a destructive force within narrative...
Series: Classics in Theory
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198844105ISBN-10:198844107UPC:9780198844105Book Category:History, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.62 x 5.76 x 0.84 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SCWDRVQXEG
Pantelis Michelakis, Associate Professor of Classical Reception and Fellow of St Hilda's College, University of Oxford Pantelis Michelakis is Director of The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, Fellow of St Hilda's College, and Associate Professor of Classical Reception at the University of Oxford. He has previously held positions at the University of Bristol and Wolfson College...
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