Electra and other plays

By: SophoclesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Penguin classics, L28Publication details: London: Penguin Books, 1953Description: 217 pagesISBN: 9780140440287; 0140440283 Subject(s): Sophocles -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: 882
Contents:
Ajax -- Electra -- Women of Trachis -- Philoctetes.
Summary: All three of the great tragic poets of ancient Greece produced plays about the Electra myth. If Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) lacks the archaic grandeur of Aeschylus or the neurotic intensity of Euripides, his version is supreme for its power and humanity.
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Ajax --
Electra --
Women of Trachis --
Philoctetes.


All three of the great tragic poets of ancient Greece produced plays about the Electra myth. If Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) lacks the archaic grandeur of Aeschylus or the neurotic intensity of Euripides, his version is supreme for its power and humanity.

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