Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes by Sophocles

Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes

Greek Tragedy in New Translations

Sophocles with Michael Jameson (Translator), John Moore (Translator), Richmond Lattimore (Contributor), David Grene (Translator)

264 pages first pub -410 (view editions) user-added

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Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations offers new translations that go be...

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3.99
based on 274 reviews

Moods

dark: 50%

emotional: 50%

challenging: 25%

informative: 25%

mysterious: 25%

reflective: 25%

sad: 25%

tense: 25%


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