| #15445 in Books | Sophocles | 1993-10-12 | 1993-10-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.26 x.18 x5.28l,.13 | File type: PDF | 64 pages | Antigone||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Timeless classic.|By Mikal Richards|Bought this book for an english course in college. I must say, I didn't think I'd enjoy it. However, after reading the first 15 pages I was hooked. I finished this book before my professor asked the class to open it. I've seen other reviews saying this may be the worst rendition of Antigone; my take on it is this:
-It's easy to und|||"Gibbons's translation is the most faithful to the original Greek I know ... his translation is the truest to Sophocles' language." --The Journal of Classics Teaching||"Gibbons' text remains faithful to the Greek and yet poetic and apt for the stage;
In his long life, Sophocles (born ca. 496 B.C., died after 413) wrote more than one hundred plays. Of these, seven complete tragedies remain, among them the famed Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. In Antigone, he reveals the fate that befalls the children of Oedipus. With its passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful drama enthralled its first Athenian audiences and won great honors for ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Antigone (Dover Thrift Editions) | Sophocles.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
