The Three Theban Plays: Antigone Oedipus King At Colonus Sophocles Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Towering Over The Rest Of Greek Tragedy Sophocles\ Three Theban Plays Are Among Most Enduring And Timeless Dramas Ever Written This Penguin Classics Edition Is Translated By Robert Fagles With Introductions Notes Bernard Knox Collected Here Antigone Oedipus King At Colonus In A Translation Which Retains All Lucidity Power: Cut Thrust His Dialogue Ironic Edge Surge Majesty Choruses Above Agonies Triumphs Characters Exile Searching For Identity Desperately Trying To Avoid Fate Seeking Truth Origins Achieving Immortality Daughter Defending Her Integrity Ideals Death - These Heroic Tragic Figures Have Captivated Theatregoers Readers Since Fifth Century Bc It Characterisation That Would Nineteenth Inspire Sigmund Freud Revolutionary Conception Human Mind Tragedies Volume Continue Move Us Day Sophocles (496-405 Bc) Was Born Just Outside Athens Long Life Spanned Rise Decline Athenian Empire He Friend Pericles Though Not An Active Politician Held Several Public Offices Both Military Civil Leader Literary Circle Herodotus Wrote Hundred Drawing On Wide Varied Range Themes Winning City Dionysia Eighteen Times Only Seven Survived Them Rex Ajax If You Enjoyed Might Like Aeschylus\ Oresteia Also Available \ I Know No Better English Version\ Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones Oxford University\ Impressive Verse Translations Been Made\ Stephen Spender Σελίδες: 432 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm