Brill 's Companion to Sophocles (Brill's Companions in 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. Review "The editor, Andreas Markantonatos, (...) has assembled an all-star cast. The result is a fine collection of essays on a vast array of topics." Steve Esposito, AHB Online Reviews 3 (2013) 82-86. "impressive in its breadth of learning and richness of detail (...). Markantonatos' book is a significant achievement: it contains a wealth of information, and many of its chapters are outstandingly good." Lyndsay Coo, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.06.41. About the Author Andreas Markantonatos, Ph.D. (2001) in Classics, University of Oxford, teaches Greek at the University of Peloponnese. He has published extensively on Greek tragedy including Tragic Narrative: A Narratological Study of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus (2002) and Oedipus at Colonus: Sophocles, Athens, and the World (2007). Contributors: William Blake Tyrrell, Guido Avezzù, Patrick Finglass, Emma Griffiths, Josh Beer, David Carter, Bruce Heiden, Poulcheria Kyriakou, Jon Hesk, Alan Sommerstein, Bernd Seidensticker, John Davidson, Francis Dunn, Timothy Power, Rachel Kitzinger, Luigi Battezzato, Jocelyn Penny Small, Nancy Worman, Andreas Markantonatos, Rush Rehm, Jon Mikalson, Sarah Ferrario, Kurt Raaflaub, Judith Mossman, Bernhard Zimmermann, Justina Gregory, Emily Wilson, Michael Lloyd, Matthew Wright, Michael J. Anderson, Michael Walton, and Marianne McDonald.