Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’

Patrycja Matusiak

Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’
Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’

Author(s): Patrycja Matusiak
Subject(s): Archaeology, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: mythology; Heracles; Ulysses; Oedipus; comics; reception of antiquity; Joann Sfar; Christophe Blain.

Summary/Abstract: The comics Socrates the Half‑dog tells a story of Heracles, accompanied by a dog called Socrates who has tendency to philosophize. The both of them also encounter a blind cyclops Homer, who is a songwriter, Ulysses, running away from Penelope, and a young Oedipus.

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Journal: Scripta Classica

Issue Year: 2016
Issue No: 13
Page Range: 85-92
Page Count: 8
Language: English

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Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’ Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’

Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’
Socrates the Half‑dog as a comics reading of a ‘first‑class Greek tragedy’