Antigone. Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Sophocles, Christian Heinrich Weise, Gottfried Heinrich Schaefer

Book Overview

Ancient Athens' most successful tragedian.

Sophocles (497/6-406 BC), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered one of the world's greatest poets. The subjects of his plays were drawn from mythology and legend. Each play contains at least one heroic figure, a character whose strength, courage, or intelligence exceeds the human norm--but who also has more than ordinary pride and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674995589
• ISBN13: 9780674995581
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.5" x 6.7"