Antigone

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-299-29084-9
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press

Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 126 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 168 g

Sophocles' <em>Antigone</em> ranks with his <em>Oedipus Rex</em> 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.<br><br> David Mulroy's translation of <em>Antigone </em>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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sophocles

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mulroy, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix Introduction   Antigone 1   Appendix 1. Guide to Pronunciation Appendix 2. Synopses of the Surviving Accounts of Oedipus and His Family Suggestions for Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Sophocles</strong> (ca. 497/6-407/6 BCE) was the most acclaimed dramatist of his era, winning more than twenty festival competitions in ancient Athens. He is believed to have written 123 plays, but only seven have survived in complete form.,br><br> <strong>David Mulroy</strong> is professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has translated <em>The Complete Poetry of Catullus<em> and <em>Oedipus Rex</em>, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press.