Sophocles and Greek pessimism. Transl. from the Dutch by J.A. Ross.
Sophocles and Greek pessimism. Transl. from the Dutch by J.A. Ross.
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- Author
- Opstelten, Johannes C.
- Publishers
- Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1952.
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- 250 S. Originalleinen.
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- English
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Einband leicht berieben. - The Problem and its Orientation; Pessimism in general and in Greece -- No Orphic Pessimism in Sophocles -- Pessimism, the Tragic Sense and Fear: Aeschylus and Sophocles -- Suffering and Guilt in Aeschylus and Sophocles -- The Personality of the Hero in Sophocles -- Sophocles and the mythological Tradition -- Pessimism in the Text: Sophocles and Euripides. The Personal Voice of the Poet. The Blindness and Insignificance of Man -- Sophocles and the Writers before him: the Loneliness of the Hero -- Conclusions and Summary: the general Character of Greek Pessimism. Temperament, Experience and Insight. Optimism and the Tragic Sense. Pessimism and an harmonious Attitude to Life. Sophocles -- APPENDIX: On the Jealousy of the Gods.
