Thursday, August 6, 2009

Introducing Philo and Sophocles

DEWEY 100's
SUBJECT Philosophy

PHILO c. 20 BCE-50 CE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo

aka Philo the Jew
Philo used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism.


SOPHOCLES c. 496 BCE-406 BCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles

Sophocles was the most-awarded playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens. The most famous of Sophocles' tragedies are those concerning Oedipus and Antigone:

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