Sophocles (497/6-406 BCE), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of
the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered one of
the world's greatest poets. The subjects of his plays were drawn
from mythology and legend. Each play contains at least one heroic
figure, a character whose strength, courage, or intelligence
exceeds the human norm--but who also has more than ordinary pride
and self-assurance. These qualities combine to lead to a tragic
end.
Hugh Lloyd-Jones gives us, in two volumes, a new translation of
the seven surviving plays. Volume I contains "Oedipus Tyrannus"
(which tells the famous Oedipus story), "Ajax" (a heroic tragedy of
wounded self-esteem), and "Electra" (the story of siblings who seek
revenge on their mother and her lover for killing their father).
Volume II contains "Oedipus at Colonus" (the climax of the fallen
hero's life), "Antigone" (a conflict between public authority and
an individual woman's conscience), "The Women of Trachis" (a fatal
attempt by Heracles' wife to regain her husband's love), and
"Philoctetes" (Odysseus's intrigue to bring an unwilling hero to
the Trojan War).
Of his other plays, only fragments remain; but from these much
can be learned about Sophocles' language and dramatic art. The
major fragments--ranging in length from two lines to a very
substantial portion of the satyr play "The Searchers"--are
collected in Volume III of this edition. In prefatory notes
Lloyd-Jones provides frameworks for the fragments of known
plays.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Loeb Classical Library |
| Release date: |
1994 |
| First published: |
1994 |
| Authors: |
Sophocles
|
| Editors: |
Hugh Lloyd-Jones
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| Dimensions: |
168 x 112 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
608 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-99558-1 |
| Languages: |
English
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| Subtitles: |
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: texts >
Drama texts, plays >
General
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| LSN: |
0-674-99558-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780674995581 |
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