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A Companion to Sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles.First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragediesFeatures new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on SophoclesPresents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century AthensSeeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical contextIncludes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrightsContent: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–6): Kirk OrmandChapter 2 The Textual Transmission of Sophocles' Dramas (pages 7–24): P. J. FinglassChapter 3 Sophocles' Biography (pages 25–37): Ruth ScodelChapter 4 Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (pages 38–52): John DavidsonChapter 5 Antigone (pages 53–68): Andre LardinoisChapter 6 Polyphonic Ajax (pages 69–83): Peter BurianChapter 7 Oedipus Tyrannus (pages 84–97): Vayos LiapisChapter 8 Electra (pages 98–110): Francis DunnChapter 9 The Divided Worlds of Sophocles' Women of Trachis (pages 111–125): Margaret Rachel KitzingerChapter 10 The Philoctetes of Sophocles (pages 126–140): Paul WoodruffChapter 11 Last Things: Oedipus at Colonus and the End of Tragedy (pages 141–154): Thomas Van NortwickChapter 12 Sophocles' Ichneutae or How to Write a Satyr Play (pages 155–168): Willeon SlendersChapter 13 Sophoclean Fragments (pages 169–184): Carolin HahnemannChapter 14 Sophocles Didaskalos (pages 185–203): C. W. MarshallChapter 15 Poetic Speakers in Sophocles (pages 204–219): Sarah H. NooterChapter 16 Sophocles' Choruses (pages 220–235): Sheila MurnaghanChapter 17 Lament as Speech Act in Sophocles (pages 236–250): Casey DueChapter 18 Sophocles and Class (pages 251–269): Peter W. RoseChapter 19 Sophocles and Contemporary Politics (pages 270–286): Robin OsborneChapter 20 Sophocles and Athenian Law (pages 287–300): Edward M. HarrisChapter 21 The Necessity and Limits of Deliberation in Sophocles' Theban Plays (pages 301–315): Edith HallChapter 22 Heroic Pharmacology: Sophocles and the Metaphors of Greek Medical Thought (pages 316–330): Robin Mitchell?BoyaskChapter 23 Sophocles and Hero Cult (pages 331–348): Bruno CurrieChapter 24 Cutting to the Bone: Recalcitrant Bodies in Sophocles (pages 349–366): Nancy WormanChapter 25 Staging Mothers in Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus the King (pages 367–380): Laura McClureChapter 26 Marriage in Sophocles: A Problem for Social History (pages 381–394): Cynthia PattersonChapter 27 Masculinity and Freedom in Sophocles (pages 395–407): Bruce M. KingChapter 28 Aristotle on Sophocles (pages 409–423): John T. KirbyChapter 29 Sophocles and Homer (pages 424–439): Seth L. ScheinChapter 30 Facing Up to Tragedy (pages 440–461): Michael LurieChapter 31 Virginia Woolf, Richard Jebb, and Sophocles' Antigone (pages 462–476): Denise Eileen McCoskey and Mary Jean CorbettChapter 32 Freud and the Drama of Oedipal Truth (pages 477–491): Richard H. ArmstrongChapter 33 Sophocles with Lacan (pages 492–504): Mark BuchanChapter 34 Oedipus on Oedipus: Sophocles, Seneca, Politics, and Therapy (pages 505–522): Alex DresslerChapter 35 Jean Anouilh's Antigone (pages 523–537): Jed DeppmanChapter 36 Enter Antigone, Let the Agones Begin: Sophocles' Antigone in Nineteenth?Century Greece (pages 538–556): Gonda Van SteenChapter 37 Tony Harrison's The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus (pages 557–571): Hallie Rebecca MarshallChapter 38 Black Oedipus (pages 572–585): Emily Wilson