Oedipus Tyrannus
- ISBN-10
- 0872204928
- ISBN-13
- 9780872204928
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing
- Authors
- Sophocles, Paul Woodruff, Peter Meineck
Description
Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's collaboration on this new translation combines the strengths that have recently distinguished both as translators of Greek tragedy: expert knowledge of the Greek and of the needs of the teaching classicist, intimate knowledge of theatre, and an excellent ear for the spoken word. Their Oedipus Tyrannus features foot-of-the-page notes, an introduction, stage directions and a translation characterised by clarity, accuracy, and power.
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Other editions
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- 2001
- 196 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 1970
- 261 pages
- Paperback
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
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