Sophocles: Electra
- ISBN-10
- 0715633031
- ISBN-13
- 9780715633038
- Series
- Sophocles
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Author
- Michael A. Lloyd
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