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 MatusiakSubject(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.
Journal: Scripta Classica
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 85-92
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English