The Complete Greek Tragedies
Sophocles I (The Complete Greek Tragedies, Vol 1)
By David Grene (Translator)




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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
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- English Books
- Paperback 218 Pages
- Edition: 2 Sub
- ISBN-10: 0226307921
- ISBN-13: 9780226307923
- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
- Pub date: Aug 15, 1991
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Library Binding
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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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