Description
The most celebrated plays of ancient AthensSophocless seven surviving worksin vivid and dynamic new translations. ANTIGONE, translated by award-winning poet Robert Bagg, is one of seven plays Harper Perennial has published as beautifully designed, stand-alone editions.
Powerfully portraying the clash between civic and familial dutybetween morality and obedienceAntigone brings the Oedipus Cycle to a conclusion with the story of the tragic heros eldest daughter Antigone, who courts her own death by defying the edict of Thebess new ruler, her uncle Kreon, which forbids giving her dishonored brother a proper burial. This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation.
Author: Sophocles
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780062132123
Language: English
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