THE COMPLETE GREEK TRAGEDIES: (Vol. IV) Sophocles II (w/Jacket!) 1957
THE COMPLETE GREEK TRAGEDIES: SOPHOCLES II (Volume IV). AJAX, THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS, ELECTRA, PHILOCTETES. Edited by David Grene and Richard Lattimore, The Modern Library, New York, 1957.
Four plays by Sophocles, with introductions by their translators: Ajax, translated by John Moore; The Women of Trachis, translated by Michael Jameson; and Electra, and Philoctetes, both translated by David Grene. Philoctetes was first performed at the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, where it won first prize.
Sophocles of Kolōnos (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE) was one of the most famous and celebrated writers of tragedy plays in ancient Greece.
Nice condition with original owner bookplate at the front endpaper. Includes dust jacket. 7-1/2 x 5 with 278 pages. Hardcover book.