REREAD Sophocles, Philoctetes
Understand the aristocratic appropriation of the heroic tradition and the critique thereof in the plays of the 5th century that we have read, especially in the Philoctetes.
Know the following mythic characters in this play:
Philoctetes, Neoptolemos, Achilles, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Menelaus.
Know the myth of Orpheus and his "anti-heroic"
attributes.
For the names above that are not characters
in the plays studied,
look up Morford & Lenardon (on
reserve) or search names in:
Morford
and Lenardon online (Glossary)
Overview of Greek History (Perseus), 4.7.IV -- 5.14.V
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