Sophocles
A Very Short Introduction

There is a risk with each book in the Very Short Introductions series that the book will not work as an introduction to the topic at all. There can be several reasons: the subject can be so broad that the author can only touch on certain aspects; they may have chosen a more complex organization stru......more

This introduction to plays of Sophocles was very intense, very revealing. Beautifully done. I came close to finishing this audiobook but stopped when I reached my saturation point. SUCH AN AGE OF FAITH CULTURE I'm used to holding it high, the ancient Greek civilization that brought democracy into the w......more

I learned new stuff from this and I’m excited to dig into the suggestions for further reading! It was particularly interesting to me to learn more about which parts of the plays were sung vs spoken and what the significance of that was.......more