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Antigone

Antigone( )
Author: Sophocles,
Braun, Richard Emil
Series title:Greek Tragedy in New Translations Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-506167-3
Publication Date:Feb 1990
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $12.99
Book Description:

This finely-tuned translation of Sophocles' Antigone by Richard Emil Braun, both a distinguished poet and a professional scholar-critic, offers, in lean, sinewy verse and lyrics of unusual intensity, an interpretation informed by exemplary scholarship and critical insight. Braun's translation highlights the extraordinary structural symmetry and beauty of Sophocles' design by focusing on the balanced and harmonious view of tragically opposed wills that makes the play so moving.

Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Drama / European / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.839 x 5.265 x 0.296 Inches
Book Weight:0.24 Pounds
Author Biography
Sophocles (Author)
Sophocles was born around 496 B.C. in Colonus (near Athens), Greece. In 480, he was selected to lead the paean (choral chant to a god) celebrating the decisive Greek sea victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. He served as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding its empire and influence. He wrote approximately 123 plays including Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. His last recorded act was to lead a chorus in public mourning for Euripides. He died in 406 B. C.

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