Sophocles: Oedipus the King: A New Verse Translation - Paperback
by David Kovacs
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198854845ISBN-10:198854846UPC:9780198854845Book Category:Literary Collections, Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient & Classical, Ancient and ClassicalSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC1H9T5YNN
Sophocles: Oedipus the King: A New Verse Translation
Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristotle's Poetics, which cites the play more often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, who consults Apollo at Delphi and is told that the plague will end only when those who killed the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198854845ISBN-10:198854846UPC:9780198854845Book Category:Literary Collections, Drama, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient & Classical, Ancient and ClassicalSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC1H9T5YNN
David Kovacs, Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics (Emeritus), University of Virginia After receiving his doctorate from Harvard University in 1976, David Kovacs joined the classics faculty at the University of Virginia, where he taught Greek and Latin language and literature for forty years.
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