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- Author
- and with an introduction by David Grene
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press : [distributor] John Wiley and Sons Ltd : [distributor] Footprint Books : [distributor] Footprint Books : [distributor] University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226307923
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (763 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Sophocles 1: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Complete Greek Tragedies) (1970)
- Sophocles' Antigone : with introduction, translation and essay (1998)
- The Complete Works of Sophocles (2013)
- Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (1974)
- Sophocles: Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus ; 2. Antigone. The women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus ; 3. Fragments (1997)
- R. C. Jebb - Sophocles. Plays. Antigone (Classic Commentaries on Greek and Latin Texts) (2004) (2004)
- Sophocles' Antigone : with introduction, translation and essay (2012)
- Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics) (2001)
- Sophocles: Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library) (2002)
- Sophocles (1954)
- Sophocles, 1 : Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Penn Greek Drama Series) (1998)
- Sophocles: Ajax (Classic Commentaries on Latin & Greek Texts) (Classic Commentaries on Latin & Greek Texts) (2004)
- Sophocles: Electra (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (1973)
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