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The Theban Plays: Antigone, King Oidipous and Oidipous at Colonus

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Theban Plays: Antigone, King Oidipous and Oidipous at Colonus
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sophocles
Edited and translated by Ruby Blondell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9781585100378
ClassificationsDewey:882.01
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Publication Date 1 December 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

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.

Author Biography

Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and the reception of myth in popular culture. Her books include The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues (Cambridge 2002); Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides (co-authored) (Routledge 1999); Helping Friends and Harming Enemies. A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics (Cambridge 1989).