Sophocles and Alcibiades

Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals is purely coincidental. In this book Michael Vickers challenges this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians of his day. Vickers shows that Sophocles was no closeted intellectual but a man deeply involved in politics and he reminds us that Athenian politics was intensely personal. He argues cogently that classical writers employed hidden meanings and that consciously or sub-consciously, Sophocles was projecting onto his plays hints of contemporary events or incidents, mostly of a political nature, hoping that his audience s passion for politics would enhance the popularity of his plays

Allusion · Archetype · Art · Literature · Passion · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Alcibiades · Ancient & Classical · Athens (greece) · Characters · Criticism and interpretation · Generals in literature · Greek drama · Greek drama (Tragedy) · Greek drama, history and criticism · Greek literature · Greek literature, history and criticism · History and criticism · in literature · Literary Criticism · Literature and history · Littérature grecque · Politics in literature · Politik · Sophocles · Statesmen in literature · Tragédie grecque · Tragödie

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