| #1714206 in Books | 1974-10-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.32 x.71 x4.84l,.48 | File type: PDF | 188 pages||2 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Hopefully, this is not the best translation....|By Marilyn M. McBride|I believe there are better translations out there. This one was rather plodding. I wish would publish the name of the translator as well as the author right up front for its Kindle editions -- one cannot see who the translator is until one has purchased the book -- at least when buying online here. Very||In these new translations [of Four Tragedies] Meineck and Woodruff have struck a near-ideal balance between accuracy and readability, formality and colloquialism. Their versions are simply a pleasure to read, conveying with remarkable vividness the powerful ch
The theme of Sophocles' Philoctetes is of lasting significance. It revolves round Neoptolemus' struggles with his conscience, and Philoctetes' strength in adversity and refusal to accept any compromise. Sophocles explores the relationship between the two central characters with powerful subtlety. The main emphasis in Professor Webster's commentary is on explaining the impact of the play through metre and language rather than on the examination and comparison of points of...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Greek Edition) | Sophocles. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
