Available for the first time as an independent work, David Greneâs legendary translation of Oedipus the King renders Sophoclesâ Greek into cogent, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor. Over the years, Grene and Lattimoreâs Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred choice of millions of readersâfor personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. This new, stand-alone edition of Sophoclesâ searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge will continue the tradition of the University of Chicago Pressâs classic series.
Praise for David Grene and Richmond Lattimoreâs Complete Greek Tragedies
âThis is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody.ââKenneth Rexroth, Nation
âThe translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary. . . . They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase.ââTimes Education Supplement
Available for the first time as an independent work, David Greneâs legendary translation of Oedipus the King renders Sophoclesâ Greek into cogent, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor. Over the years, Grene and Lattimoreâs Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred choice of millions of readersâfor personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. This new, stand-alone edition of Sophoclesâ searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge will continue the tradition of the University of Chicago Pressâs classic series.
Praise for David Grene and Richmond Lattimoreâs Complete Greek Tragedies
âThis is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody.ââKenneth Rexroth, Nation
âThe translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary. . . . They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase.ââTimes Education Supplement