by Sophocles (Author), Sophocles (Author), J. Michael Walton (Author), Kenneth McLeish (Author)
Sophocles' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series. Introduced by series editor J Michael Walton Includes the surviving complete plays: Ajax which plots the downfall of Odysseus's greatest Trojan enemy - who slaughters a whole herd of cattle before killing himself; Women of Trachis in which the seemingly docile Deianira prepares a lethal homecoming for her womanising husband Heracles; in Electra the son and daughter of the ill-starred Agamemnon plan their revenge on their usurping stepfather and mother and finally Philoctetes in which Sophocles brilliantly explores the themes of pain, love and the betrayal of trust.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 258
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
Published: 14 Jun 1990
ISBN 10: 0413628809
ISBN 13: 9780413628800