Staging the Agon: Sophocles, Gorgias, and the Theatricality of Politics
Staging the Agon: Sophocles, Gorgias, and the Theatricality of Politics Discussants: Valentina Moro (University of Verona / DePaul University) The notion of tragic agonism is pivotal in the monograph on Sophocles on which I am working. The book’s claim is that the way in which the poet stages the agonistic exchanges between characters in his …