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Sophocles: Antigone by Sophocles; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Sophocles’ Antigone ranks with his Oedipus Rex as one of world literature’s most compelling dramas. The action is taut, and the characters embody universal tensions: the conflict of youth with age, male with female, the state with the family. Plot and character come wrapped in exquisite language. Antagonists trade polished speeches, sardonic jibes and epigrammatic truisms and break into song at the height of passion. David Mulroy’s translation of Antigone faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles’ words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.

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Author

Sophocles; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes

Publisher

The University of Wisconsin Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299290832

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (72 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14