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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      March 2018
      April 2018
      ISBN:
      9781108303439
      9781108419512
      9781108411264
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108303439
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.09kg, 720 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.882kg, 722 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Theatre, Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
      Collection:
      Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
      Series:
      Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries (57)
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    Subjects:
    Classical Theatre, Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Collection:
    Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
    Series:
    Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries (57)
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    For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all.

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