The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics)

Antigone defending her integrity and ideals to the death, Oedipus questing for his identity and achieving immortality - these heroic figures have moved playgoers and readers since the fifth century BC. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation conveys all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-23-2009; The Best of Both Worlds; To anyone who cares for classic theatre, the Theban plays by Sophocles are among the best to be found. And to anyone who reads the classics of Greece or Rome -- regardless of genre -- the translations of Robert Fagles are the absolute...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-16-2008; Translation isn't transliteration; I try to reread Sophocles every few years, both because I enjoy him and because I find him a moral tonic. Since I can only haltingly stumble through his Greek, I always read translations, and I read a different translation each...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-19-2008; Must Have for Serious Study; No one can study the greek classics without these titles; a spring board to other works. Page layouts are easily read (numbered and indexed with referent notes). Each offering is accompanied by its own introduction loaded with connections!; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2008; Amazon does not distinguish between one translation and another.; Note that all the reviews currently (3/2008) on this page are about some other book or books, not the WORDSWORTH EDITIONS version of Sophocles' Three Theban Plays.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-23-2009; The Best of Both Worlds; To anyone who cares for classic theatre, the Theban plays by Sophocles are among the best to be found. And to anyone who reads the classics of Greece or Rome -- regardless of genre -- the translations of Robert Fagles are the absolute...; read full review | report as inappropriate