Tells the story of Greek tragedy s most intrepid heroine. It s a dreadful thing to yield...but resist now. Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin. That s dreadful too. The remarkable story of Greek tragedy s most intrepid heroine.Introducing Little Black Classics.... Lees meer.

The Greek text of Sophocles play Antigone preceded by a full introduction and followed by a commentary which provides help with language metre and cultural references and is also concerned with issues of performance. Sophocles Antigone is probably the most widel... Lees meer.

Love and loyalty hatred and revenge fear deprivation and political ambition. these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the g... Lees meer.

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Treating ancient plays as living drama. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries including suggestions f... Lees meer.

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Antigone is Sophocles masterpiece a seminal influence on a wide range of theatrical literary and intellectual traditions. This volume sets the play in the contexts of its mythical background its performance its relation to contemporary culture and thought and its... Lees meer.

These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles poetry and the vigour of the plays in performance doing justice to both the sound of the poetry and the theatricality of the tragedies. Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramat... Lees meer.

Wat moeten we leren van Antigone de beroemdste van de oude Griekse tragedies. Ontdek alles wat je moet weten over dit werk in een compleet en gedetailleerd boekverslag. Je vindt in dit boekje . - Een volledige samenvatting - Een voorstelling van de belangrijkste pers... Lees meer.

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Offers translations of Euripides Medea The Children of Heracles Andromache and Iphigenia among the Taurians fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus and the surviving portion of Sophocles The Trackers . In this title introductions for each play offer informatio... Lees meer.

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Under the cover of night dutiful daughter Antigone sneaks out to bury her dead brother angering the new King of Thebes. She is captured by the watchman and brought before the king who sentences her to be buried alive in a cave. This decision sets off a chain of trag... Lees meer.

The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions. Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone s rebellious brother. Outraged she defies his edict. Creon condemns the... Lees meer.

Love and loyalty hatred and revenge fear deprivation and political ambition. these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the g... Lees meer.