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The theatre of Apollo: divine justice and Sophocles' Oedipus the King

R. Drew Griffith c1996 © McGill-Queen's University Press
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  • 9780773515000 (hardcover)
  • 9780773566279 (ebook)
Subject
  • Dance & Performance History
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Introduction (page 3)
  • 1. Poem as Fact: The Historical Method in Literary Criticism (page 7)
  • 2. Stage Directions for Sophocles' Oedipus the King (page 14)
  • 3. Oedipus Pharmakos? Alleged Scapegoating in the Play (page 29)
  • 4. Asserting Eternal Providence: The Question of Guilt (page 45)
  • 5. The Authority of Prophecy: Theodicy in the play (page 59)
  • 6. Reading the Name of Oedipus and Other Riddles (page 70)
  • 7. The Humiliation of Oedipus (page 76)
  • 8. Conclusion (page 82)
  • Appendix A: The Date of the Play (page 87)
  • Appendix B: The Scene of the Crime (page 89)
  • Appendix C: The Meaning of υϕειϱπε γαϱ πολυ(786) (page 91)
  • Notes (page 93)
  • Abbreviations (page 123)
  • Bibliography (page 125)
  • Index (page 143)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
UTQ 67.1 (1997): 167-168 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/515974
EchMonClass 43.1 (1999): 130-133 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/651678
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