King Oidipous (Focus Classical Library) - Softcover

Sophocles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585100609 ISBN 13: 9781585100606

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2002

Synopsis

This is an English translation of Sophocles’ famous tragedy of Oedipus and the fate he so much tries to avoid. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.

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About the Author

Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and the reception of myth in popular culture. Her books include "The Play of Character in Plato’s Dialogues" (Cambridge 2002); "Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides" (co-authored) (Routledge 1999); "Helping Friends and Harming Enemies. A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics" (Cambridge 1989).

From the Back Cover

The Focus Classical Library is dedicated to publishing the best of Classical literature in contemporary translations with notes and introductions so as to provide modern students access to the thought and context at the roots of contemporary culture.

Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and the reception of myth in popular culture. Her books include The Play of Character in Plato’s Dialogues (Cambridge 2002); Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides (co-authored) (Routledge 1999); Helping Friends and Harming Enemies. A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics (Cambridge 1989).

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585100609
• ISBN 13: 9781585100606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140