Antigone (Oedipus Cycle, #3) (Dover Thrift Editions) (Dian Classical Texts: Greek Tragedy, v. 2)

by Sophocles

H.D.F. Kitto (Translator) and Edith Hall

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Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair. These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy.Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance.
  • ISBN10 0192835882
  • ISBN13 9780192835888
  • Publish Date 1 September 1998 (first published December 1902)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 10 March 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 224
  • Language English