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Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama
Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama is a series of new translations which are faithful to the original Greek plays in content and tone, but which have the immediacy of modern English. The series aims to enable both Classics students and Drama students, and indeed anyone with an interest in the theat ...Show more
Oedipus the King (Red Cliffs 2024) by E. A. Sophocles
Category: Classics
Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship One noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder -- the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • Timelines of s ...Show more
Sophocles: Antigone by Sophocles
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimula ...Show more
The Theban Plays - Antigone, King Oidipous and Oidipous at Colonus by Ruby Blondell (Edited and Translated by); Sophocles
Category: Classics | Series: Focus Classical Library
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 availabl ...Show more
The Theban Plays (King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone) by Sophocles
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles' three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement. Oedipus the King, the most famous of the three, has been characterized by critics from Aristotle ...Show more
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox.Collected here are Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at ...Show more
Theban Plays by Sophocles
Category: Reference | Series: Hackett Classics Ser.
This powerful new rendering of the plays of the Theban cycle includes, in addition to the translators' celebrated Oedipus Tyrannus, annotated new translations of Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus. Peter Meineck is Producing Artistic Director of The Aquila Theatre Co, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Anc ...Show more