Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the king / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone

The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the king / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone
The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles Oedipus the king / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone
Author: Sophocles, Paul Roche (Translator)
ISBN-13: 9780451628473
ISBN-10: 0451628470
Publication Date: 9/1/1958
Pages: 267
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 4

3.8 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: New Amer Library (Mm)
Book Type: Paperback
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the king / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone on + 100 more book reviews
This book contains: The Fall of the House of Oedipus; Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colunus, Antigone.

From the back cover:
Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche, in vivid poetic language, captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. Here, for the modern reader, is the eloquent story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down by pride from wealth and power, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder.