Sophocles' great tragedy Electra portrays the revenge taken by Electra and Orestes, following the murder of their father, on their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus. Otto... Læs mere
Linked by their common setting in Thebes, Antigone,Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus stand at the fountainhead of world drama. This volume presents a new, and accurate... Læs mere
Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Provides help with morphology, grammar and syntax and interpretation of the text in... Læs mere
Precise yet fluent translations of the timeless Theban tragedies.
Precise yet fluent translations of the timeless Theban tragedies.
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is the most famous of ancient tragedies and a literary masterpiece. It is not, however, the only classical dramatization of Oedipus' quest to discover his identity. Between four and five hundred years after Sophocles' play...