Sophocles

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Sophocles:

One of the three great Greek tragedians (along with Euripides and Aeschylus), and probably the most accessible of the three.

Sophocles The Three Theban Plays Watling translation 

Sophocles The Theban Plays Fagles translation (the usual set book)

Sophocles Electra and Other Plays 

Sophocles Antigone ed. and trans. by A L Brown

Sophocles Electra Edited with introduction, translation and commentary by Jenny Marsh.

Sophocles Ajax ed. and trans. by A F Garvie

Sophocles Philoctetes  ed. and trans. by R G Ussher

Sophocles Philoctetes and Ajax  2 of "Four Greek plays" in the book of that title, the other 2 are Aristophanes. Translated into English by Kenneth McLeish

A World of Heroes- Selections from Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles. Part of Jact's 'Reading Greek' course

Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus  ed. Jebb 

Sophocles Ajax  ed. Stanford  

Helping Friends and Harming Enemies 'A study in Sophocles' and Greek Ethics' by Mary Whitlock Blundell

Sophocles- Loeb Volume 1  Translated by H Lloyd Jones: Ajax, Electra and Oedipus Tyrannus 

Sophocles - Loeb Volume 2  Translated by H Lloyd Jones: Antigone,  The Women of Trachis, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. Curiously the 3 "Theban Plays" are seperated in between the 2 Loebs
Sophocles Loeb Vol 3- Fragments Translated by H Lloyd Jones

Sophocles Oedipus Rex ed. Dawe

Sophocles Electra ed. Kells

Sophocles Trachiniae with an introduction and commentary by Malcolm Davies A welcome Sandpiper reprint (at a fraction of the price) of the Oxford original  Sophocles Opera The OCT

Sophocles Philoctetes. Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series. Series Editors. John Harrison. Judith Affleck  This new series of classic plays is specially designed for advanced students following Classical Civilisation and Drama courses. The editors combine wide experience of Classics teaching at A/AS level with work in the theatre. This ensures that the translations are both accurate and suitable for performance. Full commentary running alongside the translations. notes on pronunciation. Plot synopses and background information. helpful illustrations and clear, easy to use layout. a pracical approach to exploration, experimentation and performance. Editor Judith Affleck.

Sophocles Ajax Dutta Shomit. Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. This new series of classic plays is specially designed for advanced students following Classical Civilisation and Drama courses. The editors combine wide experience of Classics teaching at A/AS level with work in the theatre. This ensures that the translations are both accurate and suitable for performance. Full commentary running alongside the translations. notes on pronunciation. Plot synopses and background information. helpful illustrations and clear, easy to use layout. a pracical approach to exploration, experimentation and performance. Editor Judith Affleck £4.95