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Sophocles: The Theban Plays: Antigone, King Oidipous, Oidipous at Colonus
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Focus Item #: 00374
Author(s): Ruby Blondell
ISBN: 978-1-58510-037-8
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Description
English translations of three of Sophocles’ Oidipous Cycle: King Oidipous, King Oidipous and Antigone.
The trilogy includes an introductory essay on Sophocles' life, ancient theatre, and the mythic and religious background of the plays.
Market
Designed specifically for college courses in Classics, Classical tradition and Greek theater.
Features
Translated, with notes and annotations.
About the Author
Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the
University of
Washington in
Seattle. She has published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and the reception of myth in popular culture. Her books include "The Play of Character in Plato’s Dialogues" (Cambridge 2002); "Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides" (co-authored) (Routledge 1999); "Helping Friends and Harming Enemies. A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics" (
Cambridge 1989).
Review
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.65
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