Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

English versions of Sophocles? three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-07-2009; good; my girls had to read this book as part of their summer homework and they enjoyed it.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; A true classic; Rereading - and teaching - "Oedipus Rex" as an adult was an interesting experience. While I am always a bit wary of translations, the text itself (as translated by Robert Fitzgerald) is rich with literary devices, and the use of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-29-2009; Among the Great Cycles; Fitts and Fitzgerald produce dazzling, straight-to-the-heart renditions of Sophocles' masterpieces! The swiftness and momentum they create is astounding. The only things to be aware of are a few very-minor-cuts and a sparseness in the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-21-2008; Decent; The book was in decent shape--- the seller did inform me that they had to send a different copy from the one I originally ordered, so at least I was warned.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; A true classic; Rereading - and teaching - "Oedipus Rex" as an adult was an interesting experience. While I am always a bit wary of translations, the text itself (as translated by Robert Fitzgerald) is rich with literary devices, and the use of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-07-2009; good; my girls had to read this book as part of their summer homework and they enjoyed it.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-01-2000; This play is preposterous!; I have never found a piece of work to be at once so lauded, and at the same time so vulgar and suggestive as The Oedipus Rex. How is it that you people do not see it for the crude, obscene work that it is? The two especially hideous...; read full review | report as inappropriate