Antigone and Other Tragedies (Sophocles - Oxford Taplin transl.)

Author: Sophocles

Translator: Oliver Taplin

ISBN: 9780192806864

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Ancient World

Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. His plays are deeply disturbing and unpredictable, unrelenting and open-ended, refusing to present firm answers to the questions of human existence, or to provide a redemptive justification of the ways of gods to men or women. These three tragedies portray the extremes of human suffering and emotion, turning the heroic myths into supreme works of poetry and dramatic action.