Theban Plays (Blondell Edition)

This anthology includes English translations of three plays of Sophocles' Oidipous Cycle: Antigone, King Oidipous, and Oidipous at Colonus. The trilogy includes an introductory essay on Sophocles life, ancient theatre, and the mythic and religious background of the plays. Each of these plays is available from Focus in a single play edition. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.

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Antigone, King Oidipous and Oidipous at Colonus

Sophocles
Translated, with Introduction and Essay, by Ruby Blondell

2002 - 248 pp. - Imprint: Focus, Series: Focus Classical Library

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This anthology includes English translations of three plays of Sophocles' Oidipous Cycle: Antigone, King Oidipous, and Oidipous at Colonus. The trilogy includes an introductory essay on Sophocles life, ancient theatre, and the mythic and religious background of the plays. Each of these plays is available from Focus in a single play edition. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.


About the Author:

Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle with special interests in Greek and Roman philosophy and literature.