Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles (Martin Classical Lectures ; V. 26)

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Drawing on comprehensive analyses of all of Sophocles plays on structuralist anthropology and on other extensive work on myth and tragedy Charles Segal examines Sophocles both as a great dramatic poet and as a serious thinker. He shows how Sophoclean tragedy reflects the human condition in its constant and tragic struggle for order and civilized life against the ever-present threat of savagery and chaotic violence both within society and within the individual. For this edition Segal also provides a new preface discussing recent developments in the study of Sophocles.