Sophocles: Electra

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Description

English translation of Sophocles’ tragedy of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother and step father for the murder of their father. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays.

Features

Translation with introduction, extensive notes and interpretive essay.

Market

A translation, suitable for courses in ancient drama, Greek drama, woman in drama, as taught in departments of Classics at colleges and universities.

About the Author

Hanna Roisman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Classics at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Her special interests are Homeric epic, Greek and Roman tragedy and Classical literature and modern film.