{"product_id":"the-other-four-plays-of-sophocles-9781421411378","title":"The Other Four Plays of Sophocles: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are seven surviving tragedies by Sophocles. Three of them form the \u003ci\u003eTheban Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, which recount the story of Thebes during and after the reign of Oedipus. Here, David Slavitt translates the remaining tragedies--the \"other four plays: \" \u003ci\u003eAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunchy and entertaining, Slavitt reads Athena's opening line in \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e as: \"I've got my eye on you, Odysseus. Always.\" By simplifying the Greek and making obscure designations more accessible--specifying the character Athena in place of \"aegis-wearing goddess,\" for example--his translations are highly performable. \u003ci\u003eThe Other Four Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/i\u003e will help students discover underlying thematic connections across plays as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for David R. Slavitt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slavitt's translation is . . . lively and sometimes witty.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, reviewing Slavitt's translation of \u003ci\u003eSeneca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best version of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e available in English today . . . It is readable, alive, at times slangy, and actually catches Ovid's tone.\"--\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer, \u003c\/i\u003ereviewing Slavitt's translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphoses of Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slavitt's ability is clearly in evidence . . . These translations are rendered in lucid, contemporary English, bringing before us the atrocities, horrors, and grotesqueries of Imperial Rome.\"--\u003ci\u003eClassical Outlook, \u003c\/i\u003ereviewing Slavitt's translation of \u003ci\u003eSeneca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent translations that suit the ear and strengthen the feeble spirit of the time . . . One will do well to read these hymns, these poems, and find nourishment in them in Slavitt's translations.\"--\u003ci\u003eAnglican Theological Review, \u003c\/i\u003ereviewing Slavitt's translation of \u003ci\u003eHymns of Prudentius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophocles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421411377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421411378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Sophocles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449574699263,"sku":"9781421411378","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb1b14b4-8c8a-4051-a1b1-c521b47460c8.jpg?v=1777263994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-other-four-plays-of-sophocles-9781421411378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}