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Antigone / Sophocles ; in a new version by Declan Donnellan.
By: Sophocles.
Contributor(s): Donnellan, Declan
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BookSeries: Oberon classics.Publisher: London : Oberon Press, 1999 2010Description: 62 p. ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781840021363.Subject(s): Antigone (Greek mythology) -- DramaDDC classification: 882.01
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| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 882.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00175331 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Thebes is under attack. In a bloody battle outside the city's gates, the sons of Oedipus fight to the death. King Creon issues an edict: Eteocles, who nobly defended Thebes against his brother and the invading army, is to be buried a hero; the body of his treacherous brother must be left to rot. Antigone and her uncle are locked in conflict. With no burial rites, Antigone knows that her brother Polynices' soul will be denied passage to the underworld and the gods will be offended. As the new king, Creon cannot ignore her actions - her defiance is a matter of national security.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 3)
- On the Translation (p. 37)
- Antigone (p. 51)
- Notes on the Text (p. 117)
- Appendices
- 1. The Date of Antigone (p. 183)
- 2. The Myth of Antigone, to the End of the Fifth Century BCE (p. 184)
- 3. The Transmission of the Text (p. 187)
- Glossary (p. 189)
- Suggestions for Further Reading (p. 197)
Reviews provided by Syndetics
Library Journal Review
These two new additions to Oxford's "Greek Tragedy in New Translations" series only add to the luster of the previous releases. Each is firmly packed with insightful introductions, comprehensive and numbered notes, glossaries, and up-to-date bibliographies (the plays' texts take up about half of each volume). The collaboration of poet and scholar in each volume produces a language that is easy to read and easy to speak (compare, for instance, the Watchman's first lines in Shapiro and Burian's Agamemnon with those in Lattimore's 1947 translation). Each volume's introduction presents the play's action and themes with some detail. The translators' notes describe the linguistic twists and turns involved in rendering the text into a modern poetic language. Both volumes are enthusiastically recommended for academic libraries, theater groups, and theater departments.-Larry Schwartz, Minnesota State Univ., Moorhead (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.(Bowker Author Biography)