Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Sophocles; Fitzgerald, Robert

ISBN 10: 0156838389 / ISBN 13: 9780156838382

Published by Harcourt Brace, 1955

About this Item

Paperback, good. previous owner's signature on endpaper and fore-edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156838389
• ISBN 13: 9780156838382
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Ancient History, Archaeology, Anthropology
  • Theatre, Drama, Dance

About this title

Synopsis

English versions of Sophocles’ three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.

About the Authors

Dudley Fitts (1903-1968), a renowned poet, critic and translator, authored and translated over 20 books. One of the preeminent twentieth century scholars of Greek literature, his English translations of the ancient Greek classics are much praised for their accessibility and their appeal to contemporary readers.

ROBERT FITZGERALD was Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory Emeritus at Harvard University, a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He also translated the Iliad and Odyssey.

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