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Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Complete Greek Tragedies) Paperback – April 19, 2013
by
Sophocles
(Author),
Mark Griffith
(Editor, Translator),
Glenn W. Most
(Editor, Translator),
David Grene
(Editor, Translator),
Richmond Lattimore
(Editor, Translator)
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Sophocles I contains the plays “Antigone,” translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; “Oedipus the King,” translated by David Grene; and “Oedipus at Colonus,” translated by Robert Fitzgerald.
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century.
In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama The Trackers. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.
In addition to the new content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and life.
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century.
In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama The Trackers. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.
In addition to the new content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and life.
- Print length238 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication dateApril 19, 2013
- Dimensions8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
- ISBN-100226311511
- ISBN-13978-0226311517
- Lexile measureNP0L
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About the Author
David Grene (1913–2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought and coedited the University of Chicago Press’s prestigious series The Complete Greek Tragedies.
Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; Third edition (April 19, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 238 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226311511
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226311517
- Lexile measure : NP0L
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #45,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in Tragic Dramas & Plays
- #17 in Ancient & Classical Dramas & Plays
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Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2022
This book was required for one of my classes and as someone with no previous knowldege of most of these plays I found the translation to be easy to understand. The book came in perfect condition and was packaged well. I would recommend this to anyone with an interest in these Greek plays.
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2022
It is nice. Thank you!
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2021
You can decide for yourself whether you like the substance of this classic work. This review refers to the University of Chicago Press edition.
The translations are excellent and very readable, as are the introductions to each work. The UC Press publication is very high quality. Smooth paper for margin notes and crisp printing.
The translations are excellent and very readable, as are the introductions to each work. The UC Press publication is very high quality. Smooth paper for margin notes and crisp printing.
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2019
I'm now retired (though not old enough to have met the playwright!) and have some more time for "remedial humanities."
After taking a course in ancient Greek theater, I wanted to read these.
It's a very good, readable translation that conveys the spirit of the original.
If you're a Sophocles fan (and I'm talking to both of you!), you'll enjoy it.
After taking a course in ancient Greek theater, I wanted to read these.
It's a very good, readable translation that conveys the spirit of the original.
If you're a Sophocles fan (and I'm talking to both of you!), you'll enjoy it.
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
These classic but grim, depressing plays are here reproduced in a slim, affordable edition with not a whole lot of extras. Some versions have elaborate color plate illustrations and archaeological photos, not so much this one. It gets the job done and good for a college student on the move
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2017
I needed this book for school, and compared to the books that my school gives (old and written on by previous students), this book looked like new! It was slightly used in terms of the cover, but the pages of the book looked like new.
Overall i felt like it was well worth my money (paid it used, not new..) $3-4, as compared to $20-35 was a definite steal!
Overall i felt like it was well worth my money (paid it used, not new..) $3-4, as compared to $20-35 was a definite steal!
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2015
There are under 20 surviving true Greek Tragedies from the zenith of Hellenic culture. Antigone rates among the very best of these and obviously it speaks to the modern sensibility. The conflicts inherent in being true to one's state, one's family & one's self force an unyieldingly moral person into a crime. Trapped by fate into committing acts that you will be held morally & criminally responsible for seems to be a favorite dilemma for the gods on Olympus and the audience at Athens.
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
Fine translations that accomplish the near impossible - rendering these ancient verses into modern poetry. Bravo.
I should also not the existence of excellent critical apparatus.
I should also not the existence of excellent critical apparatus.
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Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2015
The best modern version
Tyler
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entire series is good for new
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2014
Entire series is good for new, English translations of the tragedies. They are easy to read and good for a non-Greek study of the plays. Notes in series are rather pathetic, though and would really benefit from a review and expansion rather than having so many simply say 'Lines missing/corrupted/uncertain.'
But, in an English translation I guess notes on Greek text are rather pointless. Still, notes could be expanded to include information on other, more important topics such as imagery and its meaning in the context of Classical Greek society.
But, in an English translation I guess notes on Greek text are rather pointless. Still, notes could be expanded to include information on other, more important topics such as imagery and its meaning in the context of Classical Greek society.
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Adeeb
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Not bad
Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2019
Got it with a scratched cover, nothing other than that