Selected poems : odes and fragments / Sophocles ; translated and introduced by Reginald Gibbons.

Author/creator Sophocles
Other author Gibbons, Reginald.
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionviii, 127 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems. Selections. English
Contents Aphrodite of Kypris [fragment 941] -- On Eros and Aphrodite [Antigone 781-800] -- Eros, impossible to thwart [fragment 684] -- The mighty Kyprian [Trakhiniai 498-530] -- On man [Antigone 332-75] -- The human lot [fragments]* -- On song [fragment 568] -- What Sophokles wrote on women was preserved by men [fragments]* -- On sleep [Philoktetes 828-32] -- The chorus plead for divine aid against plague [151-215] -- But what does the seer Teiresias prove against Oidipous? [463-511] -- On purity, insolence, and punishment [863-910] -- A dance of hope [1086-1109] -- Oidipous the cursed [1186-1222] -- On the long life of Oidipous [Oidipous at Kolônos 1211-48] -- On fate and the last of the family [Antigone 582-625] -- Oidipous on the passage of time [Oidipous at Kolônos 607-23] -- On behalf of Oidipous [Oidipous at Kolônos 1556-78] -- In praise of Kolônos [Oidipous at Kolônos 668-719] -- The fullness of the world [fragments]* -- The sea [fragments]* -- To Dionysos [Antigone 1115-52] -- On the madness of Aias [Aias 596-645] -- Aias's meditation before suicide [Aias 646-85] -- On the afflicted Philoktetes [Philoktetes 169-90] -- On Herakles [Trakhiniai 94-140].
General noteTranslated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008002082
ISBN9780691130248 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0691130248 (cloth : alk. paper)

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