About this title: Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192829221ISBN:019282922X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998-09-17
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Good. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Good. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. * Nice book little scuffing or nicking noted * Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192835888ISBN:0192835882
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"As always, the greek tragedies teach us something through the use of moral ambiguity in characters and the Chorus' voice of reason. Excellent and easy reads."
"I thought Antigone and Oedipus the King were interesting plays but at times, i made me drift off because of the long dialogs. I was surprised that i've never heard of these greek stories, because i do love reading about greek mythology. Overall they were ok though it was very sad though"
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