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Authors: Sophocles, Cynthia Brantley Johnson (Editor), Bernard Knox
ISBN-13: 9781416500339, ISBN-10: 1416500332
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Sophocles

Sophocles (496-406 BC) lived through the greater part of the long struggle with Sparta and died a few months after Euripides. He is credited with developing the tragic form and his surviving tragedies are masterpieces of construction. Methuen Drama publishes two volumes of his plays.

Book Synopsis

A new Metheun Student Edition.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Chronology of Ancient Greek Theater

Chronology of Ancient Greece

Translator's Preface

Oedipus the King

Notes

Interpretive Notes

Critical Excerpts

Questions for Discussion

Suggestions for the Interested Reader

Subjects