Sophocles' 'Philoctetes' and the Great Soul Robbery

Norman Austin is professor emeritus of classics at the University of Arizona, where he taught for twenty years, as well as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics at Florida Atlantic University. He is author of Meaning and Being in Myth and Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom.

“Austin’s passionate reading will be of interest to anyone who engages seriously with this challenging work.”- Deborah Lyons, Miami University;“In this passionate and original reading of one of the greatest (but less known) of Greek tragedies, Norman Austin guides us through Sophocles’ drama scene by scene and sometimes line by line. Whether for the student of classics, religion, philosophy, psychology, medicine, or culture, there are revelations and reverberations everywhere. Austin’s knowledge is profound and his enthusiasm is contagious.”- Rachel Hadas, editor of The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present;“A generous work of literary criticism and an exceptional contribution to the ongoing study of what is perhaps the most perplexing of Greek tragedies.”- Susan A. Curry, Bryn Mawr Classical Review