The body in mind : medical imagery in Sophocles

This article analyses the depiction of mental and physical pain in Sophoclean tragedy, showing how Sophocles uses medical imagery to explore fundamental problems in the personality and behaviour of his protagonists. It argues that the concentration of medical language at certain moments in particula...

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Auteur principal: Allan, W
Format: Journal article
Publié: Franz Steiner Verlag 2014