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Drama & Plays

Ajax

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(40 reviews)

"Ajax" is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. Although the exact date of its first performance is unknown, most scholars date it to relatively early in Sophocles' career (possibly the earliest Sophoclean... See More

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Literature & Fiction

Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library)

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This is an English translation of Sophocles' tragedy of Oedipus who is banished from Thebes and confronts an array of obstacles that stand between him and the death he craves. Focus Classical Library provides close... See More

$6.95 Price verified 14 hours ago
Anthologies

Harvard on the Beach: The Complete 71 Volumes of Harvard Classics (The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction): The Infamous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

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(19 reviews)

Get smarter on the sun! Whether that be on the beach or in the deck chair on your terrace or backyard. The Harvard Classics in 51 volumes include the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from... See More

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Drama & Plays

Antigone (Modern Plays)

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(14 reviews)

The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions. Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's rebellious brother... See More

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Drama & Plays

The Oedipus Cycle: A New Translation

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(39 reviews)

Award-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone -- together known as The Oedipus Cycle. One of the unquestionable... See More

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Classics

Electra

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(7 reviews)

Electra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians (Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides) whose plays have survived. Translated by R. C. Jebb See More

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Teen & Young Adult

Oedipus at Colonus

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Blinded and disgraced, Oedipus dwells quietly in Thebes until the kingdom is roiled by discord attributed to his presence and the curse put upon him by the gods. The citizens banish their erstwhile sovereign to years of... See More

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Literature & Fiction

The Electra Plays (Hackett Classics)

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(5 reviews)

• Translated, with Notes, by Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, & Paul Woodruff • Introduction by Justina Gregory. "Today good reading and effective performance of ancient drama require a constellation of talents to... See More

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British

Oedipus at Colonus (Plays by Sophocles)

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Oedipus enters the village of Colonus and sits down on a stone. They are approached by a villager, who demands that they leave, because that ground is sacred to the Furies, or Erinyes. Oedipus recognizes this as a sign, for... See More

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British

Electra (Plays by Sophocles)

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(8 reviews)

Orestes arrives with his friend Pylades, son of Strophius, and a tutor. Their plan is to have the tutor announce that Orestes has died in a chariot accident, and that two men (really Orestes and Pylades) are arriving shortly... See More

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Selected Poems: Odes and Fragments

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(1 review)

Sophocles' tragedies--from Antigone to Oedipus Tyrannus--are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Yet most translations sacrifice the poetry to convey only the sense of the lines as dramatic... See More

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Literature & Fiction

The Trachiniae (Plays by Sophocles)

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(7 reviews)

The story begins with Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, relating the story of her early life and her plight adjusting to married life. She is now distraught over her husband's neglect of her family. Often involved in some... See More

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Drama & Plays

Philoctetes (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

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(23 reviews)

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series... See More

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Drama & Plays

Oedipus Trilogy

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(67 reviews)

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent... See More

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Drama & Plays

The Other Four Plays of Sophocles

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There are seven surviving tragedies by Sophocles. Three of them form the Theban Plays, which recount the story of Thebes during and after the reign of Oedipus. Here, David Slavitt translates the remaining tragedies -- the... See More

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