Sophocles: Oedipus the King

This major new edition of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, the first full-scale edition for a hundred and thirty years, takes a fresh look at a landmark in world literature; a newly constituted text is accompanied by a detailed introduction and commentary, as well as a full scholarly translation.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

About the author

P. J. Finglass is Professor of Greek and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He has published widely on ancient Greek literature, including editions of Stesichorus (2014), of Sophocles' Ajax (2011) and Electra (2007), and of Pindar's Pythian Eleven (2007) with the series Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, as well as articles and chapters on ancient Greek literature. In 2012, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize by the Leverhulme Trust.

Summary

This major new edition of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, the first full-scale edition for a hundred and thirty years, takes a fresh look at a landmark in world literature; a newly constituted text is accompanied by a detailed introduction and commentary, as well as a full scholarly translation.

Product details

• Assisted by: P. J. Finglass (Editor), P. J. Finglass (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108411264
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41126-4
• No. of pages: 722
• Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Plays, Playscripts