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Sophocles: Antigone and other Tragedies: Antigone, Deianeira, Electra

Sophocles: Antigone and other Tragedies: Antigone, Deianeira, Electra Hardback - 2020

by Oliver Taplin

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Hardback. New. These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the plays in performance, doing justice to both the sound of the poetry and the theatricality of the tragedies.
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  • Title Sophocles: Antigone and other Tragedies: Antigone, Deianeira, Electra
  • Author Oliver Taplin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2020-11-29
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780199286249
  • ISBN 9780199286249 / 0199286248
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (21.59 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Greek, Sophocles
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020008335
  • Dewey Decimal Code 882.01

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About the author

Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford

Oliver Taplin retired in 2008 from being a Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford and, for thirty-five years, Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. The leading recurrent theme of his work has been the reception of poetry and drama through performance and material culture, in both ancient and modern times. As well as his academic work, he has been involved in broadcasting and theatre, both within and beyond the UK. Productions on which he has collaborated include the Oresteia (1981-2, dir. Peter Hall), The Thebans (1992, dir. Adrian Noble), the Oresteia (1999-2000, dir. Katie Mitchell), and Swallow Song (2004 and 2006 dir. Lydia Koniordou).

Sophocles, born in the 490s BC, was a leading ancient Greek dramatist who composed as many as 120 plays in his long lifetime, although only seven survive. He entered and won many of the dramatic competitions held in honour of Dionysus, and was also a prominent public figure in the Athens of his day.