Encounters with the plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides /

'Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides' explores three of the earliest, and most influential, accounts of plague visitations in Western literature: Homer's 'Iliad' book 1 (1-487), Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King' (esp. 1-215), and Thucydi...

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Main Author:	Michelakis, Pantelis (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:	Classics in theory.
Subjects:	Homer. > Iliad. Sophocles. > Oedipus Rex. Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War. Greek literature > History and criticism. Plague in literature. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Peste dans la littérature. History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides) Iliad (Homer) Plague in literature Literary criticism.