Oedipus the King and Antigone - Paperback

by Sophocles (Author), Peter D. Arnott (Translator)

Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two essential plays in the development of Greek tragedy-Oedipus the King and Antigone-for performance and study. The editor's introduction contains a brief biography of the playwright and a description of Greek theater. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Sophocles and a bibliography.

Back Jacket

Crofts Classics Series General Editor: Samuel H. Beer, Harvard University

Aristophanes: The Birds, and Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott

Aristophanes: The Clouds, and Plautus: The Pot of Gold. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott

Congreve: The Way of the World. Ed. Henry Ten Eyck Perry

Corneille: Le Cid. Ed. John C. Lapp

Gay: The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces. Ed. C. F. Burgess

Ibsen: Ghosts, and Strindberg: Miss Julia. Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp

Ibsen: Hedda Gabler. Trans. and ed. Alan S. Downer

Ibsen: The Wild Duck. Trans. and ed. Kai Jurgensen and Robert Schenkkan

Jonson: Volpone, or The Fox. Ed. Jonas A. Barish

Racine: Phaedra. Trans. and ed. Oreste F. Pucciani

Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus and Electra. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott

Sophocles: Oedipus the King and Antigone. Trans. and ed. Peter D. Arnott

Strindberg: Ghost Sonata, and Ibsen: When We Dead Awaken Trans. and ed. Thaddeus L. Thorp

Synge: The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea. Ed. William E. Hart

Webster: The Duchess of Malfi. Ed. Fred B. Millett

See inside covers for a complete list of Crofts Classics titles.

Author Biography

Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides.

Peter D. Arnott was a puppeteer and Professor of drama at Tufts University. He wrote many books and translated many classical plays.