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Title:Four Tragedies : Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes
Author:Sophocles; Translated, with Introduction & Notes by Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff
ISBN:0872207633 : 9780872207639
Format:Paperback
Size:140x215mm
Pages:267
Weight: .368 Kg.
Published:Hackett Publishing - October 2007
List Price: 6.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Drama texts: classical; early & medieval


Meineck and Woodruff's new translations of these plays combine accuracy with concision, clarity, and powerful speech. Each translation includes foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. The Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, plots and major characters of each play, and major critical interpretations of the plays.

Introduction; Notes on the Translations; Map: Sophoclean geography; House of Pelops Family Tree; Ajax; Women of Trachis; Electra; Philoctetes; Endnotes.