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Subject(s)

• Mythology, Greek—Drama [Browse]
• Sophocles—Translations into English [Browse]
• Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)—Drama [Browse]

Translator

• Taplin, Oliver [Browse]

Summary note

Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, influencing a vast array of artists and thinkers over the centuries. Disturbing and unrelenting, his tragedies portray what Matthew Arnold referred to as 'the turbid ebb and flow of human misery', allowing the audience to stand on the verge of the abyss and confront the waste and disorder of human existence. The heroic myths reinterpreted in the plays locate them within a world in which theextremes of human emotion in its darkest hours can be freely explored. It is, however, the creativity of Sophocles' plays which prevents them f

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

""Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Priorities of this Translation""; ""Note on the Text and Conventions""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Maps""; ""OEDIPUS THE KING""; ""Introduction""; ""Translation""; ""AIAS""; ""Introduction""; ""Translation""; ""PHILOCTETES""; ""Introduction""; ""Translation""; ""OEDIPUS AT COLONUS""; ""Introduction""; ""Translation""; ""Explanatory Notes""

ISBN

• 0-19-280685-8
• 0-19-184988-X
• 0-19-105354-6

OCLC

• 904209706
• 903685476

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