But there does not exist, and we see a classroom and scholarly need for, a translation that follows the principles of the Agora Editions. Two of the three Theban plays of Sophocles -Oedipus the Tyrant and Antigone- are the most widely read and taught works of Greco-Roman literature, and, as a natural consequence, there have been numerous translations of these works. Even readers unfamiliar with Greek drama will find what they need to experience, reflect on, and enjoy these towering works of classical literature. In the preface, notes to the plays, and introductions, Ahrensdorf and Pangle supply critical historical, mythic, and linguistic background information, and highlight the moral, religious, political, philosophic, and psychological questions at the heart of each of the plays.
These translations enable readers to engage the Theban plays of Sophocles in their full, authentic complexity, and to study with precision the plays profound and enduring human questions. Pangle allow contemporary readers to study the most literally exact reproductions of precisely what Sophocles wrote, rendered in readily comprehensible English. Now, following the best texts faithfully, and translating the key moral, religious, and political terminology of the plays accurately and consistently, Peter J. The timeless Theban tragedies of Sophocles Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigonehave fascinated and moved audiences and readers across the ages with their haunting plots and their unforgettable heroes and heroines. Leslie Rubin, Duquesne University, editor of Justice v. This exciting new translation of the play is extremely faithful to the Greek, eminently playable, and poetically powerful.These excellent translations will serve a useful purpose in the classroom in the hands of serious students of the profound relationship between literary wisdom and ethical-political thought.
Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and self-sacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps self-serving allegiance to the gods of the sky." "Echoing through Western culture for more than two millennia, Sophocles' Antigone has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destinies.
Summary: "Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died.
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