{"product_id":"sophocles-the-complete-plays-paperback","title":"Sophocles: The Complete Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophocles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Roche\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMatthew S. Santirocco\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith new translations and a new afterword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The full texts of the seven extant plays of Sophocles with Paul Roche's revised and updated translations of the Oedipus cycle, and all-new translations of the remaining plays.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophocles\u003c\/b\u003e was born at Colonus, just outside Athens, in 496 BC, and lived ninety years. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire; he was a friend of Pericles, and though not an active politician he held several public offices, both military and civil. The leader of a literary circle and friend of Herodotus, he was interested in poetic theory as well as practice, and he wrote a prose treatise \u003cb\u003eOn the Chorus\u003c\/b\u003e. He seems to have been content to spend all his life at Athens, and is said to have refused several invitations to royal courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophocles first won a prize for tragic drama in 468, defeating the veteran Aeschylus. He wrote over a hundred plays for the Athenian theater, and is said to have come first in twenty-four contests. Only seven of his tragedies are now extant, these being \u003cb\u003eAjax\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAntigone\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWomen of Trachis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eElectra\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/b\u003e, and the posthumous \u003cb\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/b\u003e. A substantial part of \u003cb\u003eThe Searches\u003c\/b\u003e, a satyr play, was recovered from papyri in Egypt in modern times. Fragments of other plays remain, showing that he drew on a wide range of themes; he also introduced the innovation of a third actor in his tragedies. He died in 406 BC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Roche\u003c\/b\u003e, a distinguished English poet and translator, is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Bible's Greatest Stories\u003c\/b\u003e. His other translations include \u003cb\u003eEuripides: Ten Plays\u003c\/b\u003e (Signet), \u003cb\u003eOedipus Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/b\u003e (Meridian) and \u003cb\u003eThe Orestes Plays of Aeschylus\u003c\/b\u003e (Meridian).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756019974432,"sku":"9780451531537","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2fa1097b8ac2dfc915ef621c275e734.webp?v=1780072744","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sophocles-the-complete-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}