Brill's Companion to Sophocles (Brill's Companions to Classical Studies)

Brill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 chapters, newly commissioned and written by leading scholars, on Sophocles' life and works, as well as upon the basic historical, social, intellectual, moral, philosophical and religious issues of interest to Sophocles which remain central in the study of Greek tragedy to this day.Brill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 specially commissioned
essays from leading international scholars which give critical
examinations of the progress and direction of numerous wide-ranging
debates about various aspects of Sophoclean drama. Each chapter offers
an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and
research in a particular subject area, as well as covering a wide
variety of thematic angles. Recent advances in scholarship have raised
new questions about Sophocles and Greek tragedy, and have overturned
some long-standing assumptions. Besides presenting a comprehensive and
authoritative guide to understanding Sophocles, this companion provides
scholars and students with compelling fresh perspectives upon a broad
range of issues in the field of Sophoclean studies.