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The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics)The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics)
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No one can study the greek classics without these titles; a spring board to other works. Page...
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, AntigoneSophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
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This version of Sophocles's Oedipus trilogy--Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone--is a...
The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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As Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest is appropriately a culmination of his motifs and themes...
Sophocles I: Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Sophocles I: Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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I generally do not review classics, because I find it impossible to adequately review a genuine...
The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)
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All drama exists in the shadow of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece; Aeschylus,...


Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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The Folger Shakespeare edition of this play gives it a leg up on other versions as far as...
AntigoneAntigone
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I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to...
Aeschylus I: Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Aeschylus I: Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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Lattimore, in his inept poetic exuberance, often loses the sense of a line and confuses the...
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (Greek Tragedies)Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (Greek Tragedies)
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There's no reason why these plays need to be randomly strewn throughout three different volumes....
Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's Classics)Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's Classics)
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Basically i bought this book for my english class, and comparing this book to other books the...


All My Sons (Penguin Classics)All My Sons (Penguin Classics)
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The late Lord Bertrand Russell once said, "Actions have consequences." Arthur Miller...
Oedipus the King (Enriched Classics Series)Oedipus the King (Enriched Classics Series)
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Oedipus the King is one of the classic works of Western literature. It was originally written as...
Medea (Dover Thrift Editions)Medea (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The item was exactly as described and sent in a an expeditious manner. Would do business with...
Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
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this is the best book of plays that i have ever bought. Lysistrata is one of the best plays i've...
The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneThe Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
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I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to...

Oedipus Rex (Dover Thrift Editions)Oedipus Rex (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Ordered as new and that is exactly what I received. The text will be used by my son for his...
Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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I'm sure that the readers of this review are not so much concerned with purchasing...
OresteiaOresteia
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I worked on the production of this translation at The University of South Carolina in 1998. I...
Euripides I: Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Euripides I: Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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There is no question about it. Euripides is a genius. Having read the plays of Aeschylus and...
Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Birds; The Clouds; The Frogs; Lysistrata (Meridian Classics)Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Birds; The Clouds; The Frogs; Lysistrata (Meridian Classics)
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Four Plays by Aristophanes / 0-452-00717-8 This edition features wonderful translations of...

BacchaeBacchae
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I doubt anyone will go so far as to shell out $65.00 and find out the hard way, but this...
Euripides V: Electra, The Phoenician Women, The Bacchae (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Euripides V: Electra, The Phoenician Women, The Bacchae (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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Well here it is, the last of the five-volume collection containing Electra, The Phoenician...
Medea and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)Medea and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
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I, too, was surprised how relevant and easily modern the issues presented in 'Medea' could be. I...
The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
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The Theban plays are extraordinarily rich in their observations on the human condition; let us...
Four Plays: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae (Focus Classical Library)Four Plays: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae (Focus Classical Library)
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I found all 4 plays in this book easy to read & easy to get into...this book was awesome...

Ten Plays by EuripidesTen Plays by Euripides
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I had read some of his work in another version and wasn't very impressed. I am holding him to...
Ten Plays (Signet Classics)Ten Plays (Signet Classics)
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This is a very good classic but missing one key item. Many classics refer to line numbers from...
Greek Drama (Bantam Classics)Greek Drama (Bantam Classics)
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I enjoyed reading this boo
Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics)Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics)
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any time an undergraduate finds himself repeatedly correcting the work of a scholar, something...
Lysistrata (Hackett Classics Series)Lysistrata (Hackett Classics Series)
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I thought that this would be a very dry and difficult read. It is actually very interesting, and...

Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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When I entered college, I was surprised to hear that there were so few Greek tragedies extent in...
Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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I always find the prospect of reading ancient literature daunting, but this play was very easy...
The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)
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Aeschylus (525-456 BC) is the father of Greek tragedies (one legend reports that Dionysus...
Sophocles: Antigone (Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama)Sophocles: Antigone (Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama)
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I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to...
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persian (Penguin Classics)Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persian (Penguin Classics)
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Of dozens of plays written by Aeschylus, only 7 survive. Three comprise the great Oresteia and...

Aristophanes: The Complete PlaysAristophanes: The Complete Plays
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What's there to say? Paul Roche is a fine translator of Greek drama, and it shows.
The Pot of Gold and Other Plays (Classics)The Pot of Gold and Other Plays (Classics)
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Plautus was an extraordinary Roman comic playwright. He adapted Greek comedy to Roman tastes and...
Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, The BachaeThree Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, The Bachae
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The Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone (Thrift Edition)The Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone (Thrift Edition)
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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy...
Theban PlaysTheban Plays
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This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's dynamic collaboration on the...

Oedipus, the King and Antigone (Crofts Classics)Oedipus, the King and Antigone (Crofts Classics)
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Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two...
Classical Tragedy - Greek and Roman: Eight Plays in Authoriative Modern TranslationsClassical Tragedy - Greek and Roman: Eight Plays in Authoriative Modern Translations
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Robert Corrigan has put together an amazing collection of classical plays. The translations are...
The Bacchae of Euripides: A New VersionThe Bacchae of Euripides: A New Version
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While I haven't read much Greek tragedy, and this is my first Euripides play, the Bacchae is the...
Aristophanes : Clouds (Translated With Notes and Introduction) (Focus Classical Library)Aristophanes : Clouds (Translated With Notes and Introduction) (Focus Classical Library)
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Aristophanes' comedy "Clouds" is a humorous send-up of Greek rationalism, science,...
Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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The third in this series of translation of Greek drama has the same basic flaws as the others:...

Aeschylus II: The Suppliant Maidens and The Persians, Seven against Thebes and Prometheus Bound (The Complete Greek Tragedies)Aeschylus II: The Suppliant Maidens and The Persians, Seven against Thebes and Prometheus Bound (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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I just wanted to point out that all these reviews refer to the wrong translation. This is NOT...
Sophocles: The Theban Plays: Antigone/King Oidipous/Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library)Sophocles: The Theban Plays: Antigone/King Oidipous/Oidipous at Colonus (Focus Classical Library)
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As described the book was in perfect order, no cover wear, no page wear, marks or rips. Thanks!
Four Tragedies and Octavia (Penguin Classics)Four Tragedies and Octavia (Penguin Classics)
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And forget what you know about Seneca the Stoic. In his tragedies, the younger Seneca gives...
The Golden Ass: The Transformations of LuciusThe Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius
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This is easily my favorite Classic work of literature. Unlike many of the other classics, such...
The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' AntigoneThe Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
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After teaching years of sophomore English, I have finally found a version of Antigone that even...

Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
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Comedy is notoriously difficult to translate--not only do some cultures have entirely different...
Nathan the Wise: By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Bedford Series in History & Culture)Nathan the Wise: By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Bedford Series in History & Culture)
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I first read this book (actually it is a play) in highschool and though I generally hated to be...
Iphigeneia at Aulis (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)Iphigeneia at Aulis (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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This play contemplates the question of how many wars would be fought if the first to die were...
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Folger Shakespeare Library)The Merry Wives of Windsor (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are be badgered by the lecherous Falstaff, how to arrange a...
Sophocles : Antigone (Focus Classical Library)Sophocles : Antigone (Focus Classical Library)
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English translation with introductory material, notes, essays. A new and accessible translation...

Aristophanes: Lysistrata: Translated With Introduction and Notes (Focus Classical Library) (Focus Classical Library)Aristophanes: Lysistrata: Translated With Introduction and Notes (Focus Classical Library) (Focus Classical Library)
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This is the best feminist play written in ancient Greece... don't know that there were many, but...
Euripides: The Trojan Women (Focus Classical Library)Euripides: The Trojan Women (Focus Classical Library)
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English translation. The Trojan Women is a play on the consequences of war and the fate of those...
   
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