Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments
- ISBN-10
- 1298656990
- ISBN-13
- 9781298656995
- Series
- Sophocles
- Pages
- 522
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-08-11
- Publisher
- Andesite Press
- Authors
- Lewis Campbell, Lewis Sophocles
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