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This elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers.

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"I would recommend the translation without reservations. I expect that students and the general public will find these works newly exciting. This is clearly a translation well suited to success both in the classroom and in the theater." - Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University"

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Map
Time Line
Oedipus the King
Oedipus at Colonus
Antigone
Notes
Glossary of Terms from Greek Tragedy
Glossary of Names
Suggested for Further Reading

The Theban Plays Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/17/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780801891342, 978-0801891342
      ISBN10: 0801891345
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers.

      Trade Review
      "I would recommend the translation without reservations. I expect that students and the general public will find these works newly exciting. This is clearly a translation well suited to success both in the classroom and in the theater." - Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University"

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      Map
      Time Line
      Oedipus the King
      Oedipus at Colonus
      Antigone
      Notes
      Glossary of Terms from Greek Tragedy
      Glossary of Names
      Suggested for Further Reading

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