Women of Trachis: Trachiniae | Topics for Further Study
Ancient Athens was a prosperous environment for many intellectual activities in addition to drama, including the writing of history and philosophy. Choose an intellectual or cultural figure of the period, such as the philosopher Socrates or the politician Pericles, and prepare a class report about him. In your presentation, assess your subject’s contributions to the era, place in Athenian culture and politics, and potential influence upon or relation to Sophocles and the tragic theater.
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