Athens. In attempting to discover what the play meant to Sophocles' contemporaries—and in particular in disentangling Sophocles' ideas from Freud's psychoanalytical interpretations—Bernard Knox casts fresh light on its timeless and universal nature. For this edition, Knox has provided a new preface and a list of suggested readings."What a joy it is to welcome this book back in print. As perennial as Sophocles' great play itself, Knox's work has never gone out of date, and never will."—Robert FaglesReviews of the earlier editions:"A superb analysis, demonstrating that when classical study is aware of Freud and the techniques of modern literary criticism, it can be as exciting nowadays as it must have been during the Renaissance."—New Yorker"A superb critical and textual investigation."—New York Times"One of the major contributions to Sophoclean and to Greek studies in recent years."—Virginia Quarterly Review"A magnificent contribution ... which is really required reading."—Cedric Whitman, American Journal of Philology"A brilliant piece of work combining the best of classical scholarship with the best of modern literary criticism."—John E. Rexine, Hellenic World

     For the Third Edition, Professor Allen has provided new translations of Socrates' speech in the Symposium and of the first five chapters of Aristotle's Categories, as well as new selections bearing on Aristotle's Theory of Infinity, Continuity, and Discreteness. The book also contains a general introduction which sets forth Professor Allen's distinctive and now widely accepted interpretation of the development of Greek philosophy and science, along with selective bibliography, and lists of suggested readings.

    Originally published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1966.Reveals the characters & achievements of the Byzantines, who created the splendors of empire.THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND HERACLIUS THE SARACEN CONQUESTS THE SUCCESSORS OF HERACLIUS THE EARLY ISAURIANS ICONOCLASM CONSTANTINE VI & IRENE HAEC DUO IMPERIA NICEPHORUS I & MICHAEL I LEO V & THE ICONOCLAST REVIVAL MICHAEL II & THEOPHILUS MICHAEL III IGNATIUS PHOTIUS & POPE NICHOLAS I BASIL THE MACEDONIAN LEO THE WISE THE FOURTH MARRIAGE ALEXANDER & THE REGENCY ROMANUS I CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS OMANUS II & NICEPHORUS II JOHN I BASIL II BASIL II CONTINUED 3CONSTANTINE VIII TO CONSTANTINE IX THE SCHISM OF 1054 MANZIKERT SUMMARY