Sophocles, Signed (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Support Small Business by buying this book! Signed by David Seale. Book in Very Good condition. No marks noted in text. Some fading to dust jacket. Inscribed 'with best wishes, David' on front endpaper. Some wear to cover. Binding tight. Signed By Author.

Condition: Good. 1928. No Edition Remarks. 77 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Gift inscription from author "Seth" to "Jonathan" [Burgess] on titlepage in black ink. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 384 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. 1878. Hardcover. Very good copy in good cloth covers. Cover has light nicks. Title in gilt to spine and covers. Light shelf wear, remains very good. . . . Signed Copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Biography of the Greek-born, Washington-based, influential classical guitar teacher (1893? - 1986) by his daughter who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. 254 pages with extensive appendices, index & bibliography plus 32 pages of B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor corner curling. ***Inscribed by Author***.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the editor (who also provides the translation and commentary) on the title page. Traces of wear to parts of the covers' edges. Small scuff by the rear spine side. A couple of faint marks on the page block. The binding is sound and all text is clear. CM. Signed and Dedicated By Editor. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sophocles Antigone. Hardcover with matching slipcase published in 1975 by The Limited Editions Club. Signed by illustrator Harry Bennett on limitation page. Copy number 920 of a limited edition of 2000 copies. Cone corner of book bumped. Very good slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).

xiv, 169p., original blue cloth, minor foxing on the top-edge, author's SIGNED presentation copy.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 269. Printed waps, a very good copy. Inscribed the book to poet William Jay Smith and his wife: "For Mill and Sonia ~ | I began translating Greek | plays at Amherst, with | my left hand, and now | in old age discover | how sinisterly left | handed I've become! | With admiration | for the work of | both your hands | Bob Bagg | 4 Aug 06" Wikipedia: "Robert Bagg (born 1935, New Jersey) is an American poet and translator. He has published several volumes of poetry and has authored critical studies of Sappho and Catallus. In addition to his other literary work, Bagg taught English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (19651996), serving as Department Chair (198692).".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (1959) 72 pp. Original dark red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Titles darkened; light wear to extremities. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY UNCLE ERNEST ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Contents very nice. Inscribed & Signed by Publishe.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 21-38. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to W. Haase. - Author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise very good and clean. - From the text: This paper presents a close reading of the little written-about third stasimon (821-61) and attempts to situate the song within the plays thematic economy. First, it will be useful to outline the dramatic structure of the six acts in order to see where the third stasimon fits into the narrative story-line. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 369-398. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to W. Haase. - Name of a false author handwritten on the cover, otherwise good and very clean. - From the text: The heroine of Sophocles Antigone has been evaluated over the years almost exclusively in terms of her conflict with Creon, which is usually taken to represent a more universal opposition between the interests and values of the polis and those of the family or kinship group in fifth-century Athens. This approach has yielded numerous excellent studies that have significantly furthered our understanding of the often differing interests of these two groups in Sophocles day and the playwrights concern with them. But to view Antigone exclusively in terms of this social conflict is unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. In the first place, it tends to reproduce the narrow official viewpoint of the male polis, to whom Antigones contempt for the decree of Creon would have been most important and most threatening. Moreover, the positive results of evaluating the emotional dynamics within the family of Oedipus itself, i.e., of a less civic and more personal approach toward Antigone, her siblings, and her uncle, are largely foregone by such criticism, despite what seems to me to be an additional, universal concern of Sophoclean drama with exploring family relationships from the perspectives of both male and female characters. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 115-135. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With author's dedication to Jeff [Henderson]. - A very good and clean copy. - From the text: Toward the end of Sophocles Trachiniae the bewildered and guilt-ridden Hyllus defends his mothers use of the poisoned robe: Hyllus: Although her intentions were good, she botched the whole enterprise.- Heracles: Does she do good by killing your father? - Hyllus: Well, when she saw that marriage in her house, she was determined to cast a love-charm (stergêma) on you, but she failed utterly. (1136-39). Although Hyllus clearly exonerates his mother on the grounds of motive, Deianiras culpability has long been a sore point for commentators. In the past, most modern readers were inclined to see her as an idealsome would even say heroicwife, who destroys her husband by a tragic miscalculation. According to this traditional reading we must attribute her error either to simple foolishness or to her uncontrollable passiona passion which clouds her otherwise good judgment. In recent years, however, scholars have grown uneasy with this picture of Deianira. Some suggest that she is, in fact, a nervous, irresolute woman, who is unable to make even the smallest decision without the help of the Nurse or the Chorus. Others argue that Deianira originally appeared in Greek myth as a wild, man-killing Amazon and that Sophocles is guilty of a fifth-century whitewash of her charactera drastic and somewhat incomplete revision which inevitably results in inconsistencies in her motivation, as well as the survival of dissonant details in the plot, such as the poisoned robe and Deianiras method of suicide. Errandonea, the original proponent of this approach, went so far as to say that Deianira, caught in the grip of eros, purposely murders Heracles even in Sophocles version. - Wikipedia: Christopher A. Faraone (* 1955) ist ein US-amerikanischer Gräzist. Faraone wurde 1988 an der Universität Stanford zum Ph.D. promoviert und gehört seit 1991 der Fakultät der University of Chicago an, wo er als Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities und Professor of classical languages and literature tätig ist. Seine Schwerpunkte sind die archaische und hellenistische griechische Dichtung, die antike Magie und die griechische Religion sowie die orientalischen Einflüsse auf die griechische Kultur. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 15-46. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to W. Haase. - Author's name handwritten on cover, cover very lightly rubbed, otherwise a good, clean copy. - From the text: As I have illustrated in three recent papers, the Iliad and the Odyssey use different emphases in presenting the physical figure of the gods when the divine beings intervene among mortals and are perceived as being there (epiphany). It is difficult to summarize a complex matter in à few words, but I may safely say that the Iliad does not invite its reader to imagine the shape and the form of the divine bodies and does not claim to describe them in their visible appearance, but either presents the divine beings in disguised human figures or covers their physical presence with extreme reticence. With a very few exceptions, the text lets us imagine nothing of the semblance of the epiphanic god. We confront, so to speak, a blank figure. Often the hero recognizes only the voice of the god: this is the only way through which Odysseus receives and recognizes the presence of Athena (II. 2.282, [.], and 10.512). Gods have a special voice that sometimes makes them recognizable even when they appear in disguise. - Pietro Pucci (*12. November 1927). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint. Condition: Gut. pp. 55-58. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With author's dedication. - Slightly bumped, otherwise good and clean. - From the text: In the Eurypylus of Sophocles, the Messenger describes to Astyoche, sister of Priam and widow of Telephos, the death of her son Eurypylos at the hands of Neoptolemos. Two bodies, he says, lay close to each other: [.] The passage I am concerned with presents a number of textual problems, and though they are of no importance in relation to my present topic, I ought to say a word about them. - Wikipedia: Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA (21 September 1922 5 October 2009[1]) was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp.35-50. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author. - Binding heavily rubbed and bumped, text somewhat dog-eared, but otherwise very clean. - From the text: This paper suggests that the generally accepted dating of Antigone in the late 440s is insecure, and proposes an alternative possibility: that it was first produced in 438. The argument for that too is not altogether solid, depending as it does on a special interpretation of evidence normally used for the conventional dating, in combination with a fairly conservative reading of a textually unstable and frequently over-emended passage from the ancient Life of Sophocles. As we have it this is a late Hellenistic compilation, probably accumulated in layers from various sources, which undoubtedly purveys a great deal of rubbish. It also seems, however, to contain a measure of sound information, and the particular item in question is difficult in its essentials to impugn or discard. There is anyhow a prima facie case to discuss. Together with the rest of our evidence about the historical context, the redating inevitably has implications, not so much for our understanding of the play as drama, but for our view of Sophocles motives and intentions, and on these too sugges-tions are offered in full awareness that there is room for difference of opinion. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Offprint. Condition: Gut. pp. 323-360. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to Jeffrey Henderson. - An impeccable copy. - From the text: The creation of the painter or of the dramatist, said Diderot, lies not in the choice of a subject but in the choice of the pregnant moment, in the choice of a tableau. His comparison of painter and playwright may have a special appropriateness to Greek drama, a visual medium with clear affinities to, and possibly even roots in, the visual arts. Seeing this requires reversing the normal relation of Greek poetry to painting: we must look from vase to play rather than play to vase. That the rise of drama appears to have influenced vase painting in both style and subject matter needs no argument. Athenian artists seized upon the graphic possibilities of so popular a medium, just as Shiraku recreated Kabuki in woodblock prints or as 18th- and 19th-century English artists engraved Keans Othello and Garricks Lear. But the opposite relationship between dramatic and other representational media (plastic and pictorial) may have also existed; the esthetics of play-making may have evolved from those of sculpture and painting. The following is what I propose: Greek dramatists assimilated the expressive resources of the visual arts; from them, even more directly perhaps than from the choreographic arts, they derived and developed their sense of scenic composition. What we call stagecraft was, in reality, the orchestration of tableaux, whose emblematic esthetics had their roots in red- and black-figure painting technique and in the powerfully expressive gestie poetry of Greek statuary. If we rid ourselves of anachronistic preconceptions about dramaturgy, the scenic form of drama will involve spatial arrangement of figures framed by a background, and this has arguably as much to do with the dramatic, triangular tableaux of the Kleophrades painter as with the circular dithyrambic dances of Archilochos. The former possibility has been almost universally scanted. - Herbert Golder (born 1952) is a professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He has a Ph.D. in classical languages and literature from Yale University. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 175-192. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author. - Name of the author underlined on first page, otherwise very good and clean. - From the text: Humanity has always measured its individual and finite experiences against natures endless cycle of birth, maturity and death. The descriptive analogies between human physical appearance and the natural life cycle which pervade epic and lyric poetry can also be documented in Greek tragedy, where the playwrights exploited a diction and an imagery already embedded in the spectators cultural consciousness and adapted them to various dramatic purposes. Some of the ways in which erotic experience is portrayed by the tragedians through the manipulation of archetypal nature images can be observed in Sophocles Women of Trachis. Conventional topoi of love poetry pervade the play and several passages show how those nature metaphors associated with erotic experience play a decisive rôle in the psychological characterization of the female protagonist. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Condition: Gut. pp. 127-171. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to Jeff Henderson. - Authors name handwritten on cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. - From the text: Manhood in archaic and classical Greece-as in modern times - is generally manifested not so much in relationships with women as in relationships with other men, especially in the relationship between father and son. The Greek male is expected to produce sons who will continue his oikos (e.g. Soph. Ant. 641-45; Eur. Ale. 621f, 654-57). Further, as Hesiod makes clear, sons should resemble their fathers in both looks and conduct, especially the latter (Op. 182, 235; cf. II. 6.476-81; Theophr. Char. 5.5). Such resemblance earns the father public esteem and proves his manliness; the lack of it may be cause for disparagement and calls his manliness into question. We learn from Ajax and Philoctetes that Sophocles ollows the Hesiodic imperative that sons should resemble their fathers in their natures and their accomplishments. Ajax sees himself as an unworthy son, having lost Achilles' arms to Odysseus, and prefers to commit suicide rather than face his father, Telamon, who took part in Heracles' expedition to Troy and got Hesione, the best part of the booty, as a reward (Aj. 430-40, 462-65, 470ff, 1300-303; Diod. 4.32.5). At the same time, he expects his son, Eurysaces, to be like himself in nature, valor, and in everything else (Aj. 545-51). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Offprint, stapled in paperback.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 1-19. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication of the author. - Author's name underlined on cover, slightly bumped, otherwise very good and clean. - ABSTRACT: This paper examines the different treatments of Teiresias in Sophocles and Senecas Oedipus the King. Sophocles fashions his Teiresias as a grumpy curmudgeon, gallingly reluctant to share his knowledge, as is expected of a seer. His unseerlike behavior serves two key functions. On the dramatic plane, it creates and sustains the dramatic conflict in a plot in which nothing much happens until the very end. Thematically, it highlights the limitations of human knowledge, which cannot alleviate suffering in a world in which destiny is in the hands of the gods. Senecas Teiresias is a much reduced figure, without a character, in the sense of a consistent set of traits or behaviors. Rather he appears in three unconnected depictions, in each of which he is differently presented. In his main depiction, in the divination scene, he is a mild-mannered, unimposing seer, eager to do his job but lacking the full knowledge attributed to his Sophoclean precursor. His function is to serve as master of the rite, who directs the divination and makes it dramatically compelling. In both plays, Teiresias may be seen as a representative of the gods. Sophocles depiction highlights and protests the cruelty of the gods, Senecas projects a more resigned and accepting attitude. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

1895 June 1st Original Antique Print taken from The Graphic: GREEK PLAY in EDINBURGH Overall size of this print is approx 20cm x 28cm with large margins, perfect for mounting for home, business, interior decorators, hotels, pubs, boardrooms and restaurants. All our prints are ORIGINALS ANTIQUES AND GUARANTEED TO BE AS DATED. Please note we are offering an ANTIQUE PRINT on this listing unless otherwise described. These prints are taken from the THE GRAPHIC and in many cases, there will also be text on the reverse of the image side. The Graphic was first published in 1869, founded by William Luson Thomas and was a weekly newspaper reporting details of local, UK and worldwide events and stories. The Graphic is known for its coverage of of the following subjects: The Wars, Ships, Boats, Guns, Sailing, Portraits, Fine Art, Old and Antique Prints, Wood Cut, Wood Engravings, Early Photographs, Victorian Life, Victorian Culture, Kings, Queens, Royalty, Travels, Adventures, Natural History, Birds, Fish, Mammals, Fishing, Hunting, Shooting, Fox Hunting, Sprts including Tennis, Cricket, Football, Horse Racing etc. WE ARE HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR UP TO 10 ITEMS FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE OVER THE SINGLE ITEM POSTAGE COST FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS. FOR UK BUYERS, POSTAGE IS FREE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE ITEM TO BE SENT BY TRACKED AND SIGNED FOR MAIL, YOU WILL NEED TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE HIGHER POSTAL CHARGE. Images sell!Get Supersized Images & Free Image HostingCreate your brand with Auctiva'sCustomizable Templates.Attention Sellers - Get TemplatesImage Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.1895 Antique Print - SCOTLAND EDINBURGH ACADEMY THEATRE ANTIGONE SOPHOCLES (005) 1895 Antique Print - SCOTLAND EDINBURGH ACADEMY THEATRE ANTIGONE SOPHOCLES (005) 1895 Antique Print - SCOTLAND EDINBURGH ACADEMY THEATRE ANTIGONE SOPHOCLES (005)Click image to enlarge Description<br.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1883 December 8th Original Antique Print taken from The Graphic: The Performance of the 'Electra' of Sophocles by Ladies at Girton College, Near Cambridge. Overall size of this print is approx 17cm x 28cm with large margins, perfect for mounting for home, business, interior decorators, hotels, pubs, boardrooms and restaurants. All our prints are ORIGINALS ANTIQUES AND GUARANTEED TO BE AS DATED. Please note we are offering an ANTIQUE PRINT on this listing unless otherwise described. These prints are taken from the THE GRAPHIC and in many cases, there will also be text on the reverse of the image side. The Graphic was first published in 1869, founded by William Luson Thomas and was a weekly newspaper reporting details of local, UK and worldwide events and stories. The Graphic is known for its coverage of of the following subjects: The Wars, Ships, Boats, Guns, Sailing, Portraits, Fine Art, Old and Antique Prints, Wood Cut, Wood Engravings, Early Photographs, Victorian Life, Victorian Culture, Kings, Queens, Royalty, Travels, Adventures, Natural History, Birds, Fish, Mammals, Fishing, Hunting, Shooting, Fox Hunting, Sprts including Tennis, Cricket, Football, Horse Racing etc. WE ARE HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR UP TO 10 ITEMS FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE OVER THE SINGLE ITEM POSTAGE COST FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS. FOR UK BUYERS, POSTAGE IS FREE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE ITEM TO BE SENT BY TRACKED AND SIGNED FOR MAIL, YOU WILL NEED TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE HIGHER POSTAL CHARGE.Exported By ExportYourStore. Signed by Author(s).

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 137-148. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With author's dedication to Jeff Henderson. - A very good and clean copy. - From the text: In the opening lines of Philoctetes, Odysseus addresses his companion Neoptolemus as his famous fathers son (3f.). This is the first indication of an important theme: phusis, in the sense of inherited human qualities or capacities. Although Achilles has died before the dramatic action begins, he hovers in the background of the play, and no one challenges his claim to the highest admiration. Neoptolemus is closely associated with his father, and is repeatedly addressed or referred to as his fathers son. In one particularly striking passage of his deception speech he describes to Philoctetes his own reception at Troy, where the welcoming army swore that they saw the dead Achilles alive once more (356-8). These lines conjure up a vivid physical likeness between father and son, but it remains to be seen how deep the resemblance really lies. Neoptolemus has the potential, in virtue of his inherited phusis, to be as admirable as Achilles. But two questions remain to be answered in the course of the play: Will he prove to be his fathers son in character as well as birth? If so, how will this excellence be manifested? Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Browning to DJ. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few tears. Light edgewear to wraps. Signed by author on ffep to a fellow Classics scholar: "I. M. Owen from S. M. Adams". ; Deals with the general nature of each of Sophocles' plays, and then with its ordered progress from beginning to end. ; The Phoenix; journal of the Classical Association of Canada. Supplementary; 182 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Gift inscription on ffep to W. S. Barrett from author: "W. S. B. From R. W. B. B. With best wishes-- Feb. 28th, 1980"; 312 pages; Examines Sophocles' handling of the chorus in his seven extant tragedies. ; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 56pp. 1st printing. Sophocles' Play, Antigone, signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Black end papers. No inscriptions or previous ownership marks. Appears unread. Unclipped black and gilt dust jacket with black lettering on face and gilt lettering on the spine. Now protected in a clear plastic free-fitting wrapper. Laid in is an earlier booksellers' receipt dated April 1st, 2005. Signed by Translator.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. AS NEW in as new dust jacket. SIGNED FIRST edition, first printing. Flat signed on title page, no inscription. Unclipped. Binding tight and square, no loose pages -- appears unread. There is a typed handout of some translations laid-in, perhaps from a poetry reading given by Heaney. Bookstore sticker on front jacket, price sticker on back jacket -- easily removed. Save the signature, unmarked on inspection. Signed by Seamus Heaney.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Heaney on half-title. A strangely uncommon book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing. Small stain front pastedown, boards a little foxed, very good in good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to editor and playwrite William McCleery.