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The Complete Greek Tragedies

Sophocles I (The Complete Greek Tragedies, Vol 1)

By David Grene (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780226307923

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"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."--Robert Brustein, The New Republic

"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."--Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation

"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrouContinue

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I read Antigone in anticipation of Bertold Brecht's Die Antigone des Sophokles (http://www.berliner-ensemble.de/repertoire.php?c=1) in Berlin. I have always had some difficulty reading plays because so much of the content of a play is in how the words are delivered and how the actors move ... (continue)

I read Antigone in anticipation of Bertold Brecht's Die Antigone des Sophokles (http://www.berliner-ensemble.de/repertoire.php?c=1) in Berlin. I have always had some difficulty reading plays because so much of the content of a play is in how the words are delivered and how the actors move. But this translation flowed fairly naturally. When I saw the performance, I was shocked how much I was moved even though I do not know German.

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Paperback 218 Pages
Edition: 2 Sub
ISBN-10: 0226307921
ISBN-13: 9780226307923
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Pub date: Aug 15, 1991
Dimensions: 21 cm x 13 cm x 1 cm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Hardcover and Library Binding

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