New & used books and rare & out-of-print booksNew & used DVDs, VHS tapes, and hard-to-find moviesNew & used CDs, cassettes, and hard-to-find music
Alibris for Libraries Are you a bookseller?
search
search all sellers in
by title / ISBN
by author
by subject
search books search movies search pop/jazz search classical
subscribe & win

Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win FREE books.

your e-mail address Send!

BOOKS by Sophocles

Page 1 of 8   change currency
sort by
Three Theban plays : Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

Three Theban plays : Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus more books like this

by Sophocles

Three Theban Plays entitled Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $5.50! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex more books like this

by Sophocles

Landmark of Western drama concerns the catastrophe that ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Masterly construction, dramatic irony. Explanatory footnotes.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles

The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles more books like this

by Sophocles, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator), Dudley Fitts (Translator)

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

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $3.97! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Antigone

Antigone more books like this

by Sophocles

Echoing through western culture for more than two millennia, "Antigone" has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their destiny. This new translation of the play is extremely faithful to the Greek.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King more books like this

by Sophocles

Washington Square Press Enriched Classics make great literature even more accessible to a new generation of readers, with expanded and updated reader's supplements and essential historical information. Oedipus the King is the 2,000-year-old masterpiece that raises basic questions about human behavior that are still vigorously debated by students ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I more books like this

by E A Sophocles, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor)

This book is translated and has an introduction by David Grene. Contents: I. Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $8.00! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone more books like this

by Sophocles, E F Watling (Translator)

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $6.00! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone more books like this

by E A Sophocles, Paul Roche (Translator)

Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivd, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $7.00! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles II

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles II more books like this

by Sophocles, David Greene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor)

In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $10.25! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra more books like this

by Sophocles, Edith Hall (Editor), H D Kitto (Translator)

This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure, study, or theatrical performance. The ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

The Oedipus Cycle: Sophocles more books like this

by Sophocles, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator), Dudley Fitts (Translator)

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

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $6.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

The Complete Plays of Sophocles more books like this

by Sophocles, Professor Moses Hadas (Editor)

The greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides not only in the number of plays he wrote but also in the number of prizes awarded his works. Only the seven works in this volume have survived intact. From the complex drama of Antigone, the heroine willing to ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99!

view cover

The Theban plays more books like this

by Sophocles

Collectively known as The Theban Plays, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone stand at the fountainhead of world drama.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $4.37! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Oedipus the King: Sophocles more books like this

by Sophocles, Diskin Clay (Translator), Stephen Berg (Translator)

Washington Square Press Enriched Classics make great literature even more accessible to a new generation of readers, with expanded and updated reader's supplements and essential historical information. Oedipus the King is the 2,000-year-old masterpiece that raises basic questions about human behavior that are still vigorously debated by students ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $5.51! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Oedipus Trilogy more books like this

by Sophocles

This is part of a series called "Bloom's ReViews", which are college-level study guides prepared under the aegis of Harold Bloom, distinguished Yale professor and author of "The Western Canon". Each guide includes an introductory essay by Bloom as well as extracts from renowned scholars on key topics in the work. Good for independent study and ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $2.57! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Sophocles: The Complete Plays more books like this

by Sophocles, Paul Roche (Translator)

The full texts of the seven extant plays of Greek playwright Sophocles are collected in one volume and includes revised and updated translations by Roche of the Oedipus cycle--"Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone"--as well as all-new translations of "Ajax, Electra, Philoctetes", and "The Women of Trachis".

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $3.87! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Electra, and other plays more books like this

by Sophocles

Four seminal tragedies by the master Greek dramatist, in sparkling new translations Of the more than one hundred plays Sophocles wrote over the course of his long life, only seven survive. This volume collects four of them, all newly translated. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father, Agamemnon, who has been killed by her ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Sophocles' Antigone more books like this

by Sophocles, Eugene H Falk, Michael Townsend (Translator)

Sophocles: Antigone is the fifth title in the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $3.00! | signed copies | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Electra more books like this

by Sophocles

Classics scholar Anne Carson, celebrated for her lyric essays and poetry drawing on both classic and contemporary materials, translates Sophocles's ELECTRA, in which the title character seeks revenge for her slain father by plotting the death of his murderer--her mother. Carson also introduces the play and discusses her translation.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. Criticism more books like this

by Sophocles, Theodore F Brunner (Editor), Luci Berkowitz (Translator)

This new translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet retains fidelity to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $7.95! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Sophocles One more books like this

by Sophocles

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $2.70! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Women of Trachis, more books like this

by Sophocles

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $4.20! | first editions

The Complete Greek Tragedies more books like this

by David Grene, Richmond Alexander Lattimore

see all copies from $2.24!

new only from $88.00! | first editions

view cover

Three Theban Plays more books like this

by Sophocles, Professor Robert Fagles (Translator)

"Three Theban Plays," by Sophocles, is part of the ""Barnes & Noble Classics" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New ...

see all copies from $4.95!

new only from $10.08! | first editions

view cover

Theban Plays more books like this

by Paul Woodruff, Sophocles

see all copies from $2.95!

new only from $9.97! | first editions


Page 1 of 8: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next>