Philoctetes (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) - Hardcover

Sophocles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3598718152 ISBN 13: 9783598718151

Publisher: de Gruyter, 1998

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Review

In these new translations [of Four Tragedies] Meineck and Woodruff have struck a near-ideal balance between accuracy and readability, formality and colloquialism. Their versions are simply a pleasure to read, conveying with remarkable vividness the powerful characterizations and poetic variety of the originals. The addition of succinct but illuminating notes makes this an exemplary volume for anyone interested in Sophocles' dramatic art. Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Department of Classics, Wesleyan University

Book Description

The main emphasis in Professor Webster's commentary is on explaining the impact of the play through metre and language rather than on the examination and comparison of points of grammatical and syntactical usage. He deals with all the essential problems of the play at a level appropriate to the needs of students in the upper forms of schools and at university.

Edition details

• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
• ISBN 10: 3598718152
• ISBN 13: 9783598718151
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 277
• Editor: Dawe Roger