Stuart Lawrence is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University, New Zealand, and has written a number of articles on Greek tragedy and on Homer.

The project of the book is defined as an undertaking of essentially literary criticism in which the author draw[s] on philosophy when it can illuminate an issue. To this it can be added that the focus of the literary criticism is on character and characterization... given all that is discussed in this thoughtful and careful book, I can rest content with the illumination it offers and the challenges it poses on many significant matters of interpretation.

• PREFACE ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Moral Autonomy and Divine Intervention ; 3. Aeschylus: Seven against Thebes ; 4. Aeschylus: Agamemnon ; 5. Aeschylus: Choephori and Eumenides ; 6. Sophocles: Ajax ; 7. Sophocles: Trachiniae ; 8. Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus ; 9. Sophocles: Electra ; 10. Sophocles: Philoctetes ; 11. Euripides: Medea ; 12. Euripides: Hecuba ; 13. Euripides: Hippolytus ; 14. Euripides: Heracles ; 15. Euripides: Electra ; 16. Euripides: Bacchae ; 17. Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Stuart Lawrence is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University, New Zealand, and has written a number of articles on Greek tragedy and on Homer.

The project of the book is defined as an undertaking of essentially literary criticism in which the author draw[s] on philosophy when it can illuminate an issue. To this it can be added that the focus of the literary criticism is on character and characterization... given all that is discussed in this thoughtful and careful book, I can rest content with the illumination it offers and the challenges it poses on many significant matters of interpretation.

• PREFACE ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Moral Autonomy and Divine Intervention ; 3. Aeschylus: Seven against Thebes ; 4. Aeschylus: Agamemnon ; 5. Aeschylus: Choephori and Eumenides ; 6. Sophocles: Ajax ; 7. Sophocles: Trachiniae ; 8. Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus ; 9. Sophocles: Electra ; 10. Sophocles: Philoctetes ; 11. Euripides: Medea ; 12. Euripides: Hecuba ; 13. Euripides: Hippolytus ; 14. Euripides: Heracles ; 15. Euripides: Electra ; 16. Euripides: Bacchae ; 17. Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Stuart Lawrence is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University, New Zealand, and has written a number of articles on Greek tragedy and on Homer.

The project of the book is defined as an undertaking of essentially literary criticism in which the author draw[s] on philosophy when it can illuminate an issue. To this it can be added that the focus of the literary criticism is on character and characterization... given all that is discussed in this thoughtful and careful book, I can rest content with the illumination it offers and the challenges it poses on many significant matters of interpretation.

• PREFACE ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Moral Autonomy and Divine Intervention ; 3. Aeschylus: Seven against Thebes ; 4. Aeschylus: Agamemnon ; 5. Aeschylus: Choephori and Eumenides ; 6. Sophocles: Ajax ; 7. Sophocles: Trachiniae ; 8. Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus ; 9. Sophocles: Electra ; 10. Sophocles: Philoctetes ; 11. Euripides: Medea ; 12. Euripides: Hecuba ; 13. Euripides: Hippolytus ; 14. Euripides: Heracles ; 15. Euripides: Electra ; 16. Euripides: Bacchae ; 17. Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX