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Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers (The Complete Greek Tragedies) by Sophocles, Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Most, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers (The Complete Greek Tragedies) about?
<i>Sophocles II</i> contains the plays “Ajax,” translated by John Moore; “The Women of Trachis,” translated by Michael Jameson; “Electra,” translated by David Grene; “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; and “The Trackers,” translated by Mark Griffith. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition
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- Author
- Sophocles, Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Most, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226311517
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (81 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Complete Greek Tragedies) (2013)
- Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Complete Greek Tragedies Book 1) (2013)
- Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers (The Complete Greek Tragedies Book 2) (2013)