Antigone (Hackett Classics) - Softcover

Sophocles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872205711 ISBN 13: 9780872205710

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2001

Synopsis

Woodruff's work with Peter Meineck makes this text one that is accessible to today's students and could be staged for modern audiences. Line notes printed at the bottom of the page bring a reader further quick assistance. . . . The choral odes as rendered here deserve special notice. After giving a succinct analysis of each in his introduction, Woodruff translates the lyrics into English that is both poetic and comprehensible. . . . Woodruff's rendering of the dialogue moves along easily; these are lines that any contemporary Antigone, Creon or Haemon might speak. Antigone's words on the gods' unwritten laws keep close to the Greek and yet would be authentic for a modern speaker. . . . Woodruff's introduction is a strong, clear, and clever blend of basic traditional information (to those who know Greek tragedy) and fresh insights. . . . Should our drama department ask for my advice as to a playable text, I would certainly suggest Woodruff's new version. --Karelisa Hartigan, The Classical Bulletin

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Woodruff is Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

About this edition

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0872205711
• ISBN 13: 9780872205710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128