{"product_id":"the-oedipus-plays-of-sophocles-oedipus-the-king-oedipus-at-colonus-antigone-9780452011670","title":"The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection that includes the complete texts of Sophocles' \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e--translated by Paul Roche.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams called the Roche translation of Antigone \"brilliantly successful...as spirited and powerful as the original must have been.\" Roche's versions of the Oedipus plays are both stunning and sympathetic, awe-inspiring and intimate, and bring the elemental myths of ancient Greece to life for modern readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in this edition are a glossary of classical names, notes on pronunciation and meter, suggestions for production and acting, and historical material, which offer the reader a greater appreciation of Sophocles' dramatic genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3694829\"\u003eSophocles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452011670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452011671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA006000\"\u003eAncient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO003000\"\u003eAncient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004190\"\u003eAncient and Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophocles\u003c\/b\u003e was born at Colonus, just outside Athens, in 496 BC, and lived ninety years. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire; he was a friend of Pericles, and though not an active politician he held several public offices, both military and civil. The leader of a literary circle and friend of Herodotus, he was interested in poetic theory as well as practice, and he wrote a prose treatise \u003ci\u003eOn the Chorus\u003c\/i\u003e. He seems to have been content to spend all his life at Athens, and is said to have refused several invitations to royal courts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophocles first won a prize for tragic drama in 468, defeating the veteran Aeschylus. He wrote over a hundred plays for the Athenian theater, and is said to have come first in twenty-four contests. Only seven of his tragedies are now extant, these being \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen of Trachis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the posthumous \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e. A substantial part of \u003ci\u003eThe Searches\u003c\/i\u003e, a satyr play, was recovered from papyri in Egypt in modern times. Fragments of other plays remain, showing that he drew on a wide range of themes; he also introduced the innovation of a third actor in his tragedies. He died in 406 BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Roche\u003c\/b\u003e, a distinguished English poet and translator, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bible's Greatest Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. His other translations include \u003ci\u003eEuripides: Ten Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOedipus Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Orestes Plays of Aeschylus\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914555187375,"sku":"9780452011670","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_6e2c4de6-63c3-441e-b5b5-851ae7f708de.jpg?v=1758826800","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/the-oedipus-plays-of-sophocles-oedipus-the-king-oedipus-at-colonus-antigone-9780452011670","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}