Electras: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

by Michael Davis

Michael Davis revisits questions of interpretation in Greek tragedy emerging in the thought of the late Seth Benardete. While this is not the book Benardete would have written, it wrestles with problems that bear his indelible mark. In the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, only one story is treated by all three--the tale of Electra. Davis endeavors to develop Benardete's understanding of the story's deeper meaning, as well as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587312085
• ISBN13: 9781587312083
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.7"