Theater and democracy in Sophocles

The aim of this book is to demonstrate how the surviving works of Sophocles promoted Athenian democracy in the 5th century B.C. Indeed, the pedagogical dimension of this playwright's writings was a reality, given the context. In other words, this literary form was an attempt to provide a collective response to the question of how to be a good Athenian. In an environment where several other political regimes existed, such as the oligarchy in Sparta, tragedy presented itself as a school of democracy, teaching how this novel political system worked during religious festivals. Endowed with moral authority, Sophocles was seen as an educator of the masses.

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Angel NGON A BETCHEM has a degree in classics from the École normale supérieure de Yaoundé I. He has been working at Oveng-Mbankomo high school in the MEFOU Et AKONO region since 2012. With a passion for ancient languages, he is also enrolled in a thesis in the modern French literature program, classics option, at the University of Yaoundé I.