书目

Sophocles:Philoctetes(CambridgeGreekandLatinClassics)(GreekEdition)

内容简介

ThethemeofSophocles'Philoctetesisoflastingsignificance.ItrevolvesroundNeoptolemus'struggleswithhisconscience,andPhiloctetes'strengthinadversityandrefusaltoacceptanycompromise.Sophoclesexplorestherelationshipbetweenthetwocentralcharacterswithpowerfulsubtlety.ThemainemphasisinProfessorWebster'scommentaryisonexplainingtheimpactoftheplaythroughmetreandlanguageratherthanontheexaminationandcomparisonofpointsofgrammaticalandsyntacticalusage.Hedealswithalltheessentialproblemsoftheplayatalevelappropriatetotheneedsofstudentsintheupperformsofschoolsandatuniversity.

作者简介

IanJohnstonwasborninValparaiso,Chile,andeducatedinCanadaandEngland.HehasaBScfromMcGillinGeologyandChemistry,aBAfromBristolinEnglishandGreek,andanMAfromTorontoinEnglish.Formanyyearshetaughtasacollegeanduniversity-collegeinstructorinBritishColumbiateachingEnglish,ClassicsandLiberalStudies.HeistheauthorofTheIroniesofWar:AnIntroductiontoHomer'sIliad.HistranslationofHomer'sIliadandOdysseyhaverecentlybeenpublishedinbothbookandaudiobookform.HeisnowretiredandlivinginNanaimo,BritishColumbia.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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