SOPHOCLES: Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra
Oxford University Press, December 1964. Paper Back. Used - Good. Item #276213
ISBN: 0195003748
Faithful as translations and vigorous and straightforward both to read and to act, these versions were written, like their originals, for immediate staage-production.
Kitto has deliberately used a fairly strict meter, allowing himself no greater number of verses than Sophocles used, and where the original is formal--as in the line-by-line dialogue--the translations too are formal. The original rhythmic structure of the lyrics has been approximately represented;
in the Antigone the lyric passages have been followed as closely as the English language permits.
Quasi-musical indications of tempo or mood have been added to the lyrical portions as a reminder that they were not recited but were a fusion of poetry, music, and dancing. There are brief notes on the dance-rhythms, on the pronunciation of Greek names, and on the mythological allusions in the
three plays.
Octavo.
Used Book
Price: $4.50
