Oedipus at Colonus - Paperback
by Sophocles
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sophocles, David Mulroy (Translator)Series:Wisconsin Studies in Classics (Paperback)Publish date:2015-01-06Pages:180
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299302542ISBN-10:299302547UPC:9780299302542Book Category:Drama, Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient and Classical, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:7.90 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCMFJH6YH7
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus is the third in Sophocles' trilogy of plays about the famous king of Thebes and his unhappy family. It dramatizes the mysterious death of Oedipus, by which he is transformed into an immortal hero protecting Athens. This was Sophocles' final play, written in his mid-eighties and produced posthumously. Translator David Mulroy's introduction and notes deepen the reader's...
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299302542ISBN-10:299302547UPC:9780299302542Book Category:Drama, Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient and Classical, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:7.90 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCMFJH6YH7
Sophocles (ca. 497/6 B.C.E.-407/6 B.C.E.) was the most acclaimed dramatist of his era, winning more than twenty festival competitions in ancient Athens. He is believed to have written 123 plays, but only seven have survived in complete form. His life spanned the rise and fall of the Athenian Empire. David Mulroy is a professor emeritus of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His...
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