ENGLISH

Theban Plays

By Paul Woodruff , Sophocles; Peter Meineck

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Hackett Publishing Company
Year
2003
ISBN
0872205851, 9780872205857
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1714490 bytes)
Series
Hackett Classics
Pages
304\408
Topic
Literature
Time added
2017-01-31 07:16:41
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Description

This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's dynamic collaboration on the plays of Sophocles' Theban cycle, presenting the translators' Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with Woodruff's Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. Woodruff's Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays.

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