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Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles

This edition of Oedipus Tyrannus is abridged from the full edition and differs mainly in the omission of an English translation. It contains an introduction, the Greek text and commentary in English. The full editions of all the plays, including Oedipus Tyrannus, are also available from Bristol Classical Press.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1991
  • Pages: 198
  • Language: English
  • Edition: First Edition, - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.54in - 5.54in - 0.51in - 0.62lb
  • EAN: 9780862920029
  • Categories: Ancient & ClassicalAncient Languages (see also Latin)Ancient, Classical & Medieval

About the Author

Sophocles: - Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright, the writer of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, among other classic works.
Sophocles: - Sophocles (496-406 BC) was one of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece; he wrote 123 plays during a career of 60 years and was still writing at the age of 90. Only seven tragedies survive, of which the most famous is Oedipus Rex.
Jebb, R. C.: - Sir Richard C. Jebb, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles' had a profound influence on subsequent scholarship.