This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure, study, or theatrical performance. The selection of Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra not only offers the reader the most influential and famous of Sophocles' works, it also presents in one volume the two plays dominated by a female heroic figure, and the experience of the two great dynasties featured in Greek tragedy--the houses of Oedipus and Agamemnon.
Author(s): Sophocles, H.D.F. Kitto, Edith Hall
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 192
INTRODUCTION......Page 1
Sophocles......Page 3
Antigone......Page 6
Oedipus the King......Page 7
Electra......Page 9
Background......Page 10
The Translator......Page 15
The Translations......Page 16
Spelling and Pronunciation......Page 17
NOTE ON THE TEXTS......Page 18
(3) Specific Aspects......Page 19
(6) Oedipus the King......Page 20
(8) Reception......Page 21
CHRONOLOGY......Page 22
Epode......Page 41
OEDIPUS THE KING54F......Page 52
Strophe 1......Page 55
Strophe......Page 66
Epode......Page 88
Strophe 1......Page 100
Strophe 1......Page 105
Strophe......Page 108
Epode......Page 109
ANTIGONE......Page 115
OEDIPUS THE KING......Page 121
ELECTRA......Page 126
