Topics in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9342368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Robinson (0000-0002-0729-5011, Hellenic American University, corresponding author), David B Robinson |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-56 |
| Publication date | 1969-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800033292 |
| OpenAlex | W2116875618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Sophocles' Philoctetes is deservedly a much-studied play, and only sparse gleanings seem likely to remain for those who seek to propose total novelties in interpreting it. Much of the time, in these notes, I am attempting to restate or remarshal arguments for well-known positions; even the arguments are often old; I can only hope the redeployment of some of them will occasionally seem to sharpen them. It will be obvious how much I am indebted to the editions by Campbell and Jebb, and to recent interpretative studies by Linforth, Kitto, and Knox. Some old arguments I have probably recapitulated far too briefly, others I have perhaps reiterated at tedious length. My excuse for writing at all must perhaps be that the excellences of this play seem to be peculiarly in need of defence against critics who approach Greek tragedies with a conventional stereotype in mind, especially those who incline to think that Greek drama must in various ways have been undramatic
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2006 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |