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Helping Friends and Harming Enemies: A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics - Softcover

Whitlock/Blundell

 
9780521423908: Helping Friends and Harming Enemies: A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics

Synopsis

This book is a detailed study of five plays of Sophocles that examines a key ethical principle.

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Review

'... all who take Sophocles seriously will have to take this book on board.' Oliver Taplin, The Times Literary Supplement

'... this book will ... have its well-deserved place among the important studies on the poet.' Mnemosyne

Book Description

This book is a detailed study of five plays of Sophocles through examination of a single ethical principle of 'helping friends and harming enemies'. Greek scholars and students of Greek drama and Greek thought will welcome this book and is accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike. No knowledge of Greek is required.

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