Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's Classics)

These three Greek tragedies by the master, Sophocles, present human issues that have impact and meaning in our "modern" world. Consider Creon in Antigone speaking as the king of a city-state: "...A man who rules a state and will not ever steer the wisest course, but is afraid, and says not what he thinks, that man is worthless". Consider our present "ruler", who is driven by spin meisters and polls, who makes decisions not on the wisest course but out of fear of losing reelection. The wisdom of Sophocles has survived 2500 years and still people are not listening. The translations of these significant additions to Western Civilization are superb and are supported by notes which provide verbatim translations from the Greek which indicate the translator's skill and the original Greek scripting. The choral sections are excellent and clearly show not only the artistic use of the Greek dramatic chorus but also show how Greek tragic drama was presented to audiences and how the chorus was used as an integral part of the dramatic whole.

I purchased this for my daughter who is taking an AP English class. She thought that she would need to purchase the book but, in fact, the school provided it so she had one for school and one for home. I plan to read the book after she is finished since I have never read the book. I am happy with the purchase and feel I got the book for a very good price.

Nice copy, never have complaints with the folks over there at Oxford, always very academic.

An alright translation as a whole, good for both the new readers of Sophocles and seasoned readers looking for yet another translation to further their understanding. Would recommend, though some areas of the translation falls short.

This is one of the textbooks that my daughter needs for our last semester of undergraduate education. I hope that she uses it for good and it brings her an A in the class.

An very good and easy to understand version. Christine Schulz

Excellent condition! This edition is also very informative and helpful when it comes to understanding the writing

The translation was fine. However, the Kindle version which I downloaded was missing several blocs of text, showing only the first letter or two of each line. (So far I have read only "Electra"--not sure if the problem is the same in the other two plays.)

Solid Product. This is for the Oxford World Classics Edition. The translation is clear and simple and is assisted by extensive notes for context.

Product is good, no damages. 5 stars

This Oxford World’s Classics book offers three brilliant plays by Sophocles (c.495-405 BC). Sophocles himself was an active Athenian, both culturally and politically (which were never far apart in historical Athens) and lived through turbulent times. His works stand up there proudly with those of Aeschylus and Euripides. The three works in this edition have been translated by H D F Kitto, an authority on Greek tragedy, and the introduction and notes by Edith Hall, another noted authority. So the reading of the texts is empathetic yet very accessible to the reader. The story of Oedipus may be broadly known by many prior to reading these plays, that of Antigone perhaps not so well know, and Electra perhaps better known as the sister of Orestes. These are another great edition of great plays in this Oxford edition, complemented with notes, a bibligoraphy offering further ideas for reading on the plays or aspects of them and their reception, a chronology of Sophocle’s life, and really indepth and comprehensive explanatory notes to go with the texts. Definitely recommended.

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Have other copy this one seems a good translation at first glance