• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• General observations
• The profile of the Oidipous Turannos
• The legend of Oidipous before Sophokles
• Herodotean influence
• Delphic oracles
• Oidipous
• Kreon
• Iokaste
• The Priest
• The Chorus
• Perikles
• Aristotle on Oidipous
• Commentary
• The initial part (1-633)
• The central part (634-910)
• The last part (911-1530)
• Structural Summary
• Appendix : the end of the play (1424-1530)
• Bibliography
• Index.

• Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

"For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all"-- Provided by publisher.
"Oedipus the King is a central work of western literature, a play for which the term 'canonical' might have been invented; yet there has been no new critical edition of the play with introduction and detailed commentary (editio maior) in any language since 1883"-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface and acknowledgements
• Sources and bibliography
• Sources
• Bibliography
• Sigla
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The direct tradition
• Overview
• The interrelation of the witnesses
• The indirect tradition : the Suda
• Previous editions
• Janus Lascaris
• Vittorio De Marco
• Critical text
• Hypotheses
• Scholia
• Indices
• Scriptores in scholiis laudati
• Verba de quibus scholia agunt
• Grammatica
• Rhetorica
• Scaenica, ars tragica, histriones
• Nomina.

• Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

"Sophocles' Ajax describes the fall of a mighty warrior denied the honour which he believed was his due. This new edition of the play presents a text and critical apparatus which take full advantage of recent advances in our understanding of Sophoclean manuscripts and scholarship. The introduction and commentary scrutinise all important aspects of the drama - from detailed analysis of style, language and metre to consideration of wider issues such as ethics, rhetoric and characterisation. Notorious dramaturgical problems, including the staging of Ajax's suicide, receive particular attention; so too do questions of literary history, such as the date of the play and Sophocles' creative interaction with previous accounts of the myth. The translation which accompanies the commentary ensures that this edition will be accessible to Hellenists of all levels of experience, as well as to readers with a general interest in the history of drama"-- Provided by publisher.

This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb, all of which will be reissued under the BCP imprint. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this set, each volume contains a foreword by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship; there follows an introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebb's treatment of the individual play and its value for - and contrast with - subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included.
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• Preface-- Background to the Story-- Philoctetes: Translation and commentary-- Guide to Pronunciation of Names-- Synopsis of the Play-- Introduction to the Greek Theatre-- Index.
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Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Philoctetes is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play, commentary alongside translation for easy reference and a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Philoctetes is aimed primarily at A-level and undergraduate students in the UK, and college students in North America.
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• 1. Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus
• 2. Antigone. The women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus
• v. 3. Fragments.

Sophocles (497/6-406 BC), the second of the great tragedians of Athens and by common consent one of the world's greatest poets, wrote more than 120 plays. Only seven of these survive complete, but we have a wealth of fragments, from which much can be learned about Sophocles' language and dramatic art. This volume presents, in Greek and facing English translation, a collection of all the major fragments, ranging in length from two lines to a very substantial portion of the play "The Searchers". Prefatory notes provide frameworks for the fragments of the known plays. Many of the Sophoclean fragments were preserved by quotation in other authors; others, some of considerable size, are known to us from papyri discovered during the past century. Among the lost plays of which we have large fragments, "The Searchers" shows the god Hermes, soon after his birth playing an amusing trick on his brother Apollo; and "Niobe" tells how Apollo and Artemis punish Niobe for a slight upon their mother, kiling her twelve children. Throughout the volume, we see Sophocles drawing his subjects from legend.
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Sophocles (497/6 406 BCE), considered one of the world s greatest poets, forged tragedy from the heroic excess of myth and legend. Seven complete plays are extant, including Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone, and Philoctetes. Among many fragments that also survive is a substantial portion of the satyr drama The Searchers.
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• v. 1. Oedipus the King ; Oedipus at Colonus ; Antigone --
• v. 2. Ajax ; Electra ; Trachiniae ; Philoctetes.

• pt.
• 1. The Oedipus Tyrannus. 2d ed.--pt.
• 2. The Oedipus Coloneus. 1889.--pt.
• 3. The Antigone. 3d ed. 1900.--pt.
• 4. The Philoctetea.--pt.
• 5. The Trachiniae.--pt.
• 6. The Electra.--pt.
• 7. The Ajax.

• pt. 1, Oedipus Tyrannus.--pt. 2, Oedipus Coloneus.--pt. 3, Antigone.--pt. 4, Philoctetes.--pt. 5, Trachiniae.--pt. 6, Electra.--pt. 7, Ajax.