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Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra: WITH Oedipus the King Paperback – 14 November 2008

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Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair. These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance.
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Three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets.

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Edith Hall is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading, and the author of Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy (OUP 1989).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0199537178
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press UK; Reissue edition (14 November 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780199537174
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199537174
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.56 x 1.52 x 12.7 cm
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Papajambo
5.0 out of 5 stars Uni studies
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Another purchase for uni studies
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Grace
5.0 out of 5 stars Good product
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Translation
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Solid Product. This is for the Oxford World Classics Edition. The translation is clear and simple and is assisted by extensive notes for context.
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Dennis K. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars PREEMINENT CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
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These three Greek tragedies by the master, Sophocles, present human issues that have impact and meaning in our "modern" world.

Consider Creon in Antigone speaking as the king of a city-state: "...A man who rules a state and will not ever steer the wisest course, but is afraid, and says not what he thinks, that man is worthless". Consider our present "ruler", who is driven by spin meisters and polls, who makes decisions not on the wisest course but out of fear of losing reelection. The wisdom of Sophocles has survived 2500 years and still people are not listening.

The translations of these significant additions to Western Civilization are superb and are supported by notes which provide verbatim translations from the Greek which indicate the translator's skill and the original Greek scripting. The choral sections are excellent and clearly show not only the artistic use of the Greek dramatic chorus but also show how Greek tragic drama was presented to audiences and how the chorus was used as an integral part of the dramatic whole.
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4.0 out of 5 stars ストーリー
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語句は結構難しいが、ストーリーがおもしろい！！！！！！！！！
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