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)
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.
A new Metheun Student Edition.
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