{"product_id":"sophocles-2-david-r-slavitt-9780812216660","title":"Sophocles, 2: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume presents fresh versions of Sophocles's Theban plays, which include the most famous of the ancient Greek tragedies, King Oedipus. Sophocles reveals the history of Oedipus from the fulfillment of the oracle that foretold he would kill his father, outwit the Sphinx, marry his mother, and have a family, through his banishment and tortured death as a blind man and the attempted redemption of the family by his daughter, Antigone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslations are by Jascha Kessler (\u003ci\u003eKing Oedipus\u003c\/i\u003e), George Garrett (\u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e), and Kelly Cherry (\u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Slavitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812216660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812216660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 5.52w x 0.76d","brand":"David R. Slavitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926352658687,"sku":"9780812216660","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_50cd335c-b027-407e-9848-d3c13a71dbe1.jpg?v=1681082599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sophocles-2-david-r-slavitt-9780812216660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}