An up-to-date edition, suitable for students of all levels, of one of the most widely read and performed Greek tragedies.
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WILLIAM ALLAN is a Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at University College. He is also the editor of Greek Elegy and Iambus: A Selection (Cambridge, 2019).
LAURA SWIFT is an Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Magdalen College. She is also the editor of Archilochus: The Poems (2019).
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