Sophocles 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.
Loeb Classical Library, #21. Volume 2 of 3 of the Loeb Classical Library Sophocles.
Volume II contains Oedipus at Colonus , Antigone , The Women of Trachis , and Philoctetes .
Language
Multiple languages
Pages
608
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 0401
ISBN 13
9780674995581
Antigone / The Women of Trachis / Philoctetes / Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles 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.
Loeb Classical Library, #21. Volume 2 of 3 of the Loeb Classical Library Sophocles.
Volume II contains Oedipus at Colonus , Antigone , The Women of Trachis , and Philoctetes .