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Sophocles, Volume II. Antigone. The Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus (Loeb Classical Library No. 21) Hardcover – January 1, 1994

Greek Edition by Sophocles (Author), Hugh Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
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Ancient Athens’ most successful tragedian.

Sophocles (497/6–406 BC), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered one of the world's greatest poets. The subjects of his plays were drawn from mythology and legend. Each play contains at least one heroic figure, a character whose strength, courage, or intelligence exceeds the human norm―but who also has more than ordinary pride and self-assurance. These qualities combine to lead to a tragic end.

Hugh Lloyd-Jones gives us, in two volumes, a new translation of the seven surviving plays. Volume I contains Oedipus Tyrannus (which tells the famous Oedipus story), Ajax (a heroic tragedy of wounded self-esteem), and Electra (the story of siblings who seek revenge on their mother and her lover for killing their father). Volume II contains Oedipus at Colonus (the climax of the fallen hero's life), Antigone (a conflict between public authority and an individual woman's conscience), The Women of Trachis (a fatal attempt by Heracles' wife to regain her husband's love), and Philoctetes (Odysseus' intrigue to bring an unwilling hero to the Trojan War).

Of his other plays, only fragments remain; but from these much can be learned about Sophocles' language and dramatic art. The major fragments―ranging in length from two lines to a very substantial portion of the satyr play The Searchers―are collected in Volume III of this edition. In prefatory notes Lloyd-Jones provides frameworks for the fragments of known plays.

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    Harvard University Press
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    January 1, 1994
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  6. ISBN-10
    0674995589
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    978-0674995581
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“Sir Hugh is providing, that is, what Nabokov, in rendering Eugene Onegin, called a metaphrase―a scrupulous, bare explanation of the original… Plainspun prose indeed, but attractively diaphanous. We can be pretty sure that these were the exact lexical intentions of Sophocles… Reading the seven Sophocles plays in the new Loeb version only confirms his impenetrable greatness… Lloyd-Jones’ prose is, then, just right for today’s taste, which is intolerant of another’s poetic sensibility interposed between itself and Sophocles.”―Donald Lyons, New Criterion

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Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922–2009) was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; First Thus edition (January 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, Greek
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 608 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674995589
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674995581
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1.25 x 6.37 inches
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Madam Dybala
5.0 out of 5 stars Well presented
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Well, what can one say when reviewing one of these Loeb's Classical Library editions. Of course, they are wonderful: A treasure from the classical world. I would love to have a complete collection (hear that Santa?).

But this particular volume was very valuable to me this past year. I took a class where we translated The Women of Trachis. The technique was generally that one translated from another source, and then, if you felt insecure, you could check with the classical edition. A lot of trust was involved, obviously, that we wouldn't cheat, but, hey, after all, soooo many translations are out there... and what would be the benefit to us to cheat? The purpose was to learn to translate and present in a literate fashion.

So this was my basic resource. I also used the Perseus website, which was a huge help, also, in terms of a vocabulary reference. Between the two, the actual work became a real pleasure.

If I have any quibble, and it is a small one, it is this. I wish there was a vocabulary/dictionary in the back. Yes, yes, I know. That is pretty basic, and I have my big dictionary that I can use. But it would be nice.....
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AndiBC
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent edition
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Very good translation and excellent hardbound edition of some of the best plays ever written.
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D. Forsythe
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2002
Sophocles is the master of Greek drama and a master at contstructing a plot. Antigone is excellent and turns into an amazing story that leaves you rethinking just who the "tragic hero" of the play is. Oedipus at Colonus is perhaps the saddest play of the so called "Oedipus Cycle". Yet, in a way, it has a very redeeming end. This is a great edition because, of course like all the Loeb series, it also has the Greek.
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zubledeboo
1.0 out of 5 stars Loeb is Loeb but avoid this one
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I’m reading Philoctetes from the 1998 edition and it’s a complete mess, no proofreading whatsoever. Words run together on nearly every page from missing spaces, along with formatting artifacts (“<em>”). On the bright side, Lloyd Jones does a pretty poor job translating this one anyways, so it’s easy to recommend other editions.
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