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Sophocles: An Interpretation
Cambridge University Press 1980; US$ 42.00Professor Winnington-Ingram interprets seven extant tragedies of Sophocles and explores his tragic vision of the world. more...
Antigone
Ivan R. Dee 1998; US$ 8.99One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate probing of the nature of human suffering. Plays for Performance Series. more...
Die Wiedergeburt der griechischen Tragödie auf der Bühne des 19. Jahrhunderts
De Gruyter 2005; US$ 154.00The Potsdam performance of Sophocles' ğAntigoneĞ in 1841 was an event of historic significance tantamount to a renaissance of Greek tragedy in the German theatre. In terms of the performing version used, the incidental music, and the stage architecture, Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) explored avenues that were... more...
L'ora die Antigone dal nazismo agli 'anni di piombo'
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 52.91Hauptbeschreibung La Seconda guerra mondiale costituisce una cesura nellastoria delle ricezioni del mito di Antigone: l'esperienza deltotalitarismo e della Resistenza condiziona in maniera determinantela lettura della tragedia di Sofocle. Eppure c'è unsalto cronologico tra l'Antigone di Brecht (1948) e la ricomparsadel mito di Antigone nel teatro... more...
Antigone
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2012; US$ 5.95English translation of Sophocles? tragic story of Antigone addresses civil disobedience and a moral imperative which supercedes human-created laws. The Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture. more...
Generi lirico-corali nella produzione drammatica di Sofocle
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 63.92Hauptbeschreibung Quale rapporto esiste tra i generi lirici e le tragedie di Sofocle? Per quali vie si innestano nelle sezioni cantate dei suoi drammi le forme e gli stili dell'inno, dei peani, dei ditirambi, degli iporchemi, e come vengono rese certe 'atmosfere da epinicio'? Il fine dell'indagine che qui si propone è quello di gettare luce sulla... more...
Dolos and Dike in Sophokles' Elektra
BRILL 2001; US$ 156.00This volume addresses the ethical issues of "Elektra" through an analysis of the language and argumentation which the characters use to explain and justify their behaviour. The work contains a critique of interpretative approaches to the play, a bibliography, and an index of passages cited. more...
The Complete Plays of Sophocles
Random House Publishing Group 2006; US$ 6.99Oedipus the King ? Antigone ? Electra ? Ajax Trachinian Women ? Philoctetes ? Oedipus at Colonus The greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides in literary output as well as in the number of prizes awarded his works. Only the seven... more...
Electra
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 29.99Sophocles' "Electra" tells the story of the revenge Orestes and Electra take on their mother, Clytemnestra, for he murder of their father Agamemnon, after he returns from the Trojan War. This edition of the play is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by explanatory notes. more...
Philoctetes
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 14.99Centering on the Greek army's attempt to win the trust of their master bowman Philoctetes, without whom they cannot win the Trojan War, Philoctetes is a morally complex and timelessly relevant meditation on ends and means, on patriotism, and on the relationship between public duty and private interest. more...









