Overview :Produced in Athens during the fifth century BC, the tragedies of Sophocles are a high point in world literature, vividly depicting unforgett... Read More
Overview :Thebes is under attack. In a bloody battle outside the city's gates, the sons of Oedipus fight to the death. King Creon issues an edict: Ete... Read More
Overview :Thebes is under attack. In a bloody battle outside the city's gates, the sons of Oedipus fight to the death. King Creon issues an edict: Ete... Read More
Overview :Sophocles' Trachiniae is, in the editor's words, 'a subtle and sophisticated play about primitive emotions'. It is also a play which present... Read More
Overview :Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with,... Read More
Overview :Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are en... Read More
Overview :This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb, all of which will be reissued under the BCP imprint. They hav... Read More
Overview :In the aftermath of a brutal war, the city of Thebes is in chaos. When the new king, Creon, declares that the body of Antigone's traitorous ... Read More
Overview :A new translation of Sophocles' Electra by David Bolton. The translation combines prose and verse and aims to be an authentic rendering of t... Read More
Overview :This modernized straight-forward translation of Sophocles' Ajax highlights the nature of man's potential nobility as he faces outward enemie... Read More
Overview :Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are en... Read More