{"product_id":"sophocles-1-ajax-women-of-trachis-electra-philoctetes-paperback-softback-9780812216530","title":"Sophocles, 1; Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812216530","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSophocles, 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid R. Slavitt (Edited by), Palmer Bovie (Edited by), Frederic Raphael (Contributions by), Kenneth McLeish (Contributions by), Brendan Galvin (Contributions by), Henry Taylor (Contributions by), Armand Schwerner (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812216530\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.384 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.'. . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A speakable version of Sophocles's 'Philoctetes': as it were, after 25 years, a sequel to Pound's 'The Women of Trachis'.\"-Hugh Kenner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A two-year project to publish the corpus of classical Greek drama in translations by an impressive array of contemporary poets. It may not be long before anyone who mentions that he is reading Sophocles in Greek can expect to be told, 'Oh but you simply \"must' read it in translation.'\"-\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Don't look for the wild and woolly-these were put together by wordsmiths. . . . But they are a far cry from some of the stodgier translations.\"-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The 12-volume set will offer readers new verse translations of the complete surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the surviving comedies of Aristophanes and Menander. The complete line of Greek theater classics has not been offered to readers since 1938.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e -Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e Ajax\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish\u003cbr\u003e Women of Trachis\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Brendan Galvin\u003cbr\u003e Electra\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Henry Taylor\u003cbr\u003e Philoctetes\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Armand Schwerner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePronouncing Glossary of Names\u003cbr\u003e About the Translators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555678515480,"sku":"9780812216530","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sophocles-1-ajax-women-of-trachis-electra-philoctetes-paperback-softback-9780812216530","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}