Religion and Civic Purpose in Sophocles's Philoctetes

Why should citizens participate in civic endeavors they oppose? In the Philoctetes, Sophocles dramatizes the actions of three interlocutors who struggle for answers to an intractable personal and political conflict amid an existential civic crisis. The characters try several methods to resolve the i...

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Published in:Journal of religious ethics
Main Author: Herbel, Jerry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Further subjects:B Philoctetes
B Greek theater (tragedy)
B religion and political conflict
B War
B Sophocles
B politics and truth
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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