01662cam a2200373 i 4500 301158035 TxAuBib 20170815120000.0 160413s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016017644 9781474233354 25.95 147423335X 25.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Garvie, A. F. The plays of Sophocles [BOOK] / A.F. Garvie. Second edition. London. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016. ix, 96 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Classical world Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-92) and index. Ajax -- Women of Trachis -- Antigone -- Oedipus the king -- Electra -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonus. "The aim of the book is to help readers to understand why Sophocles is still worth reading, or going to see in the theatre, in the 21st century, and to show how far Sophoclean scholarship has moved in recent decades from the once prevalent view that he was a pious religious conformist who had nothing very profound or original to say, but who said it very beautifully.". 20170919. Sophocles 497 BC-407 BC Criticism and interpretation. Sophocles 497 BC-407 BC. Drama. Greek drama. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Classical world.