Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus

by Sophocles

Overview

This edition of Oedipus Tyrannus is abridged from the full edition and differs mainly in the omission of an English translation. It contains an introduction, the Greek text and commentary in English. The full editions of all the plays, including Oedipus Tyrannus, are also available from Bristol Classical Press.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862920029
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Greek Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

R.C. Jebb, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles' plays appeared in the last fifteen years of the nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Preface; Background to the story; Genealogical table; Map of ancient Greece; List of characters; Oedipus Tyrannus: translation and commentary; Synopsis of the play; Guide to pronunciation of names; Introduction to the Greek theatre; Time line; Index.