{"product_id":"helping-friends-and-harming-enemies-a-study-in-sophocles-and-greek-ethics-paperback-9780521423908","title":"Helping Friends and Harming Enemies; A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics (Paperback) 9780521423908","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHelping Friends and Harming Enemies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a detailed study of five plays of Sophocles that examines a key ethical principle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Whitlock Blundell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521423908, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this book will … have its well-deserved place among the important studies on the poet.' Mnemosyne\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a detailed study of the plays of Sophocles through examination of a single ethical principle. Sophocles has traditionally been considered the least philosophical of the three great Greek tragedians, but Professor Whitlock Blundell offers an important new examination of the ethical content of the plays by focusing primarily on the traditional Greek popular moral code of 'helping friends and harming enemies'. Five of the extant plays are discussed in detail both from a dramatic and an ethical standpoint, and the author concludes that ethical themes are not only integral to each drama, but are subjected to an implicit critique through the tragical consequences to which they give rise. Greek scholars and students of Greek drama and Greek thought will welcome this book, which is presented in such a way as to be accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike. No knowledge of Greek is required.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Greek words\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Helping friends and harming enemies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ajax\u003cbr\u003e 4. Antigone\u003cbr\u003e 5. Electra\u003cbr\u003e 6. Philoctetes\u003cbr\u003e 7. Oedipus at Colonus\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000106045720,"sku":"9780521423908","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521423908i_95548cb3-7a29-48e0-8809-392dd3a75a12.jpg?v=1691381481","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/helping-friends-and-harming-enemies-a-study-in-sophocles-and-greek-ethics-paperback-9780521423908","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}