Theban Plays
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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'sAntigone(2001) and a muscular newOedipus at Colonusby 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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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Paul Woodruff
Peter Meineck
Sophocles - Language
- English
- Series
- Hackett Classics
- ISBN
- 9780872205857
- Release date
- 2003
