Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics)
 Agony, despair, suffering, misery...It's all good.: If tragedy is, as Aristotle described, the imitation (that is, representation) of great people whose downfall induces a sense of pity and fear in the audience, Sophocles's plays are exemplary [... more]
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Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's ...
Strong Translation: H.D.F. Kitto was a distinguished interpreter of Greek tragedy. These translations, which were written for performance, are at once accurate, clear, and very elegant. Hall provides precisely as much information in the notes as the [... more]
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Oedipus the King (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
More than a translation: Oedipus the King is one of the classic works of Western literature. It was originally written as a play in around 429 BC by Sophocles (~496-406 BC), a Greek philosopher and playwright. It took the Greek world by storm, and has [... more]
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Oedipus Rex (Dover Thrift Editions)
Book Description: Revised edition of Dr Dawe's bestselling edition. As in the first edition, the commentary tackles problems of language and expression, but is added to by reflections on the text developed in the twenty years since the first edition's [... more]
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Electra (Dover Thrift Editions)
Sophocles looks at the psychological dimensions of Electra: The murder of Clytemnestra by her son Orestes is unique in Greek mythology in that it is the one story for which we have extant versions by all three of the great tragic poets. Consequently, it [... more]
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Women of Trachis: A Version by Ezra Pound
Thoughtful translation with exceptional additional material: Pound's translation is engaging, even if this is not the best of Sophocles's plays. This translation is historically important, however, in its advocation of drawing people back to the classics [... more]
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Antigone: In a Version by Bertolt Brecht
is this too deep?: i think this book is too deep and meaningful.. it enters too deep into the morals and values of man.... Get it: One in a trilogy, the cat fights in this book between Antigone and her sister should keep you interested for the hour it [... more]
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Antigone: In a New Translation (Plays for Performance)
Great treatment of a world masterpiece: I'm sure that the readers of this review are not so much concerned with purchasing "Antigone" as they are with which version of "Antigone" to purchase. Let me recommend The Greek Tragedies in [... more]
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Sophocles: King Oidipous: Introduction, Translation and ...
Author: Sophocles Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9781585100606 ISBN: 1585100609 Number Of Pages: 136 Publication Date: 2002-02-14 [... more]
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Sophocles: Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library)
Author: Sophocles Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9781585100651 Edition: 2 Revised ISBN: 158510065X Number Of Pages: 118 Publication Date: 2002-09 [... more]
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Oedipus at Colonus (Dover Thrift Editions)
Jebb was a great scholar, brilliant editor: Who knows what Jebb's edition of "Colonus" is really like? Nobody who hopes to learn from the above descriptions, since the first one is about Arnott's version (which, whatever its merits, is NOT Jebb' [... more]
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Five Great Greek Tragedies (Thrift Edition)
fast and speedy: this year i decided to order my books from on line and save, oh i don't know, about 200.00 dollars, i needed this specific book, saw that it was readily available and affordable...so tah-dah..i ordered it and i received it just in time [... more]
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