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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Sophocles, David Mulroy (Translator)Series:Wisconsin Studies in ClassicsPublish date:5/19/2011Pages:154
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299282547ISBN-10:299282546UPC:9780299282547Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.03 x 5.13 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.3594Product ID:SCBCJN4BXR

Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex is the greatest of the Greek tragedies, a profound meditation on the human condition. The story of the mythological king, who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother, has resonated in world culture for almost 2,500 years. But Sophocles' drama as originally performed was much more than a great story--it was a superb poetic script and exciting theatrical experience. The actors...

Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299282547ISBN-10:299282546UPC:9780299282547Book Category:Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.03 x 5.13 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.3594Product ID:SCBCJN4BXR

Sophocles(ca. 497/6-407/6 BCE) 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 a complete form. David Mulroy is professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has translated The Complete Poetry of Catullus, also published by the University of...

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

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