eBook

The Theban Plays

Sophocles, Peter J. Ahrensdorf, Thomas L. Pangle

2013,2014

Overview

The timeless Theban tragedies of Sophocles-Oedipus the Tyrant,Oedipus at Colonus, andAntigone-have fascinated and moved audiences and readers across the ages with their haunting plots and their unforgettable heroes and heroines. Now, following the best texts faithfully, and translating the key moral, religious, and political terminology of the plays accurately and consistently, Peter J. Ahrensdorf and Thomas L. Pangle allow contemporary readers to study the most literally exact reproductions of precisely what Sophocles wrote, rendered in readily comprehensible English. These translations enable readers to engage the Theban plays of Sophocles in their full, authentic complexity, and to study with precision the plays' profound and enduring human questions. In the preface, notes to the plays, and introductions, Ahrensdorf and Pangle supply critical historical, mythic, and linguistic background information, and highlight the moral, religious, political, philosophic, and psychological questions at the heart of each of the plays. Even readers unfamiliar with Greek drama will find what they need to experience, reflect on, and enjoy these towering works of classical literature.

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Subject: Aeschylus / Ancient & Classical / Ancient and Medieval Literature / Ancient Dramas / ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICAL STUDIES / Ancient Literary Criticism / Antigon / Antigone / Antigone (Greek mythology) / Aristotle / books for advanced reading / books for honors english / Classic Greek Literature / Classical Dramas / Classical Literary Criticism / Classical Literature / Classics / Comedy / DRAMA / Dramas / DRAMA / Ancient & Classical / Edipus / Euripides / FICTION / Historical / Ancient / Greek Drama / Greek political philosophy / Greek tragedies / Greek Tragedy writers / heroic Greek dramas / high school freshman reading / high school reading / introduction to greek tragedy / introduction to plays / King Oedipus / Language & Literature / LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical / LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical / LITERARY STUDIES / Oedipus / Oedipus (Greek mythology) / Oedipus at Colonus / Oedipus Cycle / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the Tyrant / PERFORMING ARTS & DRAMA / PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General / Philosophy / Political Philosophy / Sofocles / Sophocles / Sophocles Plays / Theban Plays / Theban tragedies / Thebes / Thebes (Greece) / Three Theban Plays / tragedies / Tragedy / Translations into English
• ISBN: 0801452015, 9780801452017, 9780801478710, 0801478715