Authors: Sophocles, Paul Woodruff (Translator), Peter Meineck
ISBN-13: 9780872205864, ISBN-10: 087220586X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff s dynamic collaboration on the plays of Sophocles Theban cycle, presenting the translators Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with Woodruff s Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. Woodruff s Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays.
Preface | ||
Introduction | ||
Suggestions for Further Reading | ||
Note on the Translations | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Theban Royal Family Tree | ||
Antigone | 1 | |
Oedipus Tyrannus | 61 | |
Oedipus at Colonus | 125 | |
Endnote: A. Antigone | 208 | |
Endnote: B. Oedipus Tyrannus | 211 | |
Endnote: C. Oedipus at Colonus | 212 | |
App | Hegel on Antigone | 214 |
Selected Bibliography | 217 |