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Electra and Other Plays Paperback - 2008
by Sophocle; David Raeburn (Translator); Preface by David Raeburn
Four seminal tragedies by the master Greek dramatist, insparkling new translations
Of the more than one hundred plays Sophocles wroteover the course of his long life, only seven survive. This volume collectsfour of them, all newly translated. Electra portrays the grief of a youngwoman for her father, Agamemnon, who has been killed by hermother's lover. Ajax depicts the enigma of power and weakness vis-àvisthe fall of the great hero. Women of Trachis dramatizes the tragiclove and error of Heracles's deserted wife, Deianeira; Philoctetesexamines the conflict between physical force and moral strength.
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Four seminal tragedies by the master Greek dramatist, in sparkling new translations
Of the more than one hundred plays Sophocles wrote over the course of his long life, only seven survive. This volume collects four of them, all newly translated. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father, Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother?s lover. Ajax depicts the enigma of power and weakness vis-àvis the fall of the great hero. Women of Trachis dramatizes the tragic love and error of Heracles?s deserted wife, Deianeira; Philoctetes examines the conflict between physical force and moral strength.
Of the more than one hundred plays Sophocles wrote over the course of his long life, only seven survive. This volume collects four of them, all newly translated. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father, Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother?s lover. Ajax depicts the enigma of power and weakness vis-àvis the fall of the great hero. Women of Trachis dramatizes the tragic love and error of Heracles?s deserted wife, Deianeira; Philoctetes examines the conflict between physical force and moral strength.
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- Title Electra and Other Plays
- Author Sophocle; David Raeburn (Translator); Preface by David Raeburn
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date 2008-06-24
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140449785 / 0140449787
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.12 x 0.9 in (19.81 x 13.00 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Greek, Greek drama (Tragedy)
- Dewey Decimal Code 882.01
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