Sophocles: Antigone

A text of and commentary on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone.

Sophocles (Author), Mark Griffith (Edited by)

9780521337014, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 September 1999

376 pages
18.7 x 12.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.405 kg

'Griffith … it would be fairer to describe him as thorough, undogmatic, and open-minded. He is in most respects the ideal commentator, and this book will be of permanent value to scholars and students at all levels.' Hermathena

Sophocles' Antigone is probably the most widely read and performed of all Greek tragedies, and its themes and conflicts resonate powerfully into the modern era. In this new edition, Mark Griffith combines sophisticated literary and cultural interpretation with close attention to language, metre, and issues of performance, and thus makes the play more fully available to readers of Greek than ever before. The introduction requires no knowledge of Greek and will interest all students of drama and literature.

Introduction: 1. Sophocles and Athens
2. The story of Antigone
3. Structure, dramatic technique, style
4. The production
5. The meaning of the play
6. The transmission of the text
Antigone
Commentary.

Subject Areas: Plays, playscripts [DD]