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The poetry of Greek tragedy

by Richmond Lattimore

(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)

The John Hopkins University Press, 2003

  • : pbk.

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Reprint. originally published in 1958 by the Johns Hopkins Press

Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition, 2003 -- t.p. verso

A Johns Hopkins paperback -- on back cover

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Is Sophocles the poet "more important" than Sophocles the moralist, Sophocles the student of character, or Sophocles the storyteller? In this acclaimed work, eminent classicist Richmond Lattimore examines the complex and varied ways in which Greek poetry contributes to Greek drama. While acknowledging the difficulty of separating poetry-especially in translation-from other aspects of language, Lattimore offers keen insight into plays by Aeschylus ( The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, Prometheus Bound), Sophocles ( Ajax, Oedipus Tyrannus), and Euripides ( Medea, Helen, The Bacchae).

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Details

  • NCID
    BA62561758
  • ISBN
    • 080187260X
  • LCCN
    2002043474
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Baltimore
  • Pages/Volumes
    157 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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