Sophocles, 2: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Title: Sophocles, 2: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Author: David R Slavitt
ISBN: 9780812216660
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
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Drama 1659791

Publisher Description:

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.

This volume presents fresh versions of Sophocles's Theban plays, which include the most famous of the ancient Greek tragedies, King Oedipus. Sophocles reveals the history of Oedipus from the fulfillment of the oracle that foretold he would kill his father, outwit the Sphinx, marry his mother, and have a family, through his banishment and tortured death as a blind man and the attempted redemption of the family by his daughter, Antigone.

Translations are by Jascha Kessler (King Oedipus), George Garrett (Oedipus at Colonus), and Kelly Cherry (Antigone).