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Sophocles’ Antigone is among the greatest of all works of Greek literature, and is often the play read first by those beginning to study Greek tragedy. This edition offers the text with facing translation and commentary, and an introduction including an account of the myth, a survey of the main interpretative issues, and a bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Sophocles and the Antigone
2. The myth
3. Creon and Antigone
4. This edition
Notes to the Introduction
Bibliography
Antigone – Text and Translation
Sources of Readings
Notes

Sophocles Antigone Aris Phillips Classical Texts

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780856682674, 978-0856682674
      ISBN10: 0856682675
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sophocles’ Antigone is among the greatest of all works of Greek literature, and is often the play read first by those beginning to study Greek tragedy. This edition offers the text with facing translation and commentary, and an introduction including an account of the myth, a survey of the main interpretative issues, and a bibliography.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. Sophocles and the Antigone
      2. The myth
      3. Creon and Antigone
      4. This edition
      Notes to the Introduction
      Bibliography
      Antigone – Text and Translation
      Sources of Readings
      Notes

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