Oedipus the King and Antigone (Crofts Classics)($10.44Value)

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Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two essential plays in the development of Greek tragedy- Oedipus the King and Antigone -for performance and study. The editor's introduction contains a brief biography of the playwright and a description of Greek theater. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Sophocles and a bibliography. Crofts Classics Series General Editor: Samuel H. Beer, Harvard University Aristophanes: The Birds, and Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Aristophanes: The Clouds, and Plautus: The Pot of Gold. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Congreve: The Way of the World. Ed. Henry Ten Eyck Perry Corneille: Le Cid. Ed. John C. Lapp Gay: The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces. Ed. C. F. Burgess Ibsen: Ghosts, and Strindberg: Miss Julia. Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp Ibsen: Hedda Gabler. Trans. and ed. Alan S. Downer Ibsen: The Wild Duck. Trans. and ed. Kai Jurgensen and Robert Schenkkan Jonson: Volpone, or The Fox. Ed. Jonas A. Barish Racine: Phaedra. Trans. and ed. Oreste F. Pucciani Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus and Electra. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Sophocles: Oedipus the King and Antigone. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Strindberg: Ghost Sonata, and Ibsen: When We Dead Awaken Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp Synge: The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea. Ed. William E. Hart Webster: The Duchess of Malfi. Ed. Fred B. Millett See inside covers for a complete list of Crofts Classics titles. Crofts Classics Series General Editor: Samuel H. Beer, Harvard University Aristophanes: The Birds, and Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Aristophanes: The Clouds, and Plautus: The Pot of Gold. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Congreve: The Way of the World. Ed. Henry Ten Eyck Perry Corneille: Le Cid. Ed. John C. Lapp Gay: The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces. Ed. C. F. Burgess Ibsen: Ghosts, and Strindberg: Miss Julia. Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp Ibsen: Hedda Gabler. Trans. and ed. Alan S. Downer Ibsen: The Wild Duck. Trans. and ed. Kai Jurgensen and Robert Schenkkan Jonson: Volpone, or The Fox. Ed. Jonas A. Barish Racine: Phaedra. Trans. and ed. Oreste F. Pucciani Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus and Electra. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Sophocles: Oedipus the King and Antigone. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott Strindberg: Ghost Sonata, and Ibsen: When We Dead Awaken Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp Synge: The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea. Ed. William E. Hart Webster: The Duchess of Malfi. Ed. Fred B. Millett See inside covers for a complete list of Crofts Classics titles. Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Peter D. Arnott was a puppeteer and Professor of drama at Tufts University. He wrote many books and translated many classical plays.