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Women of Trachis
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Publication date
March 23, 1978
Pages
112
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195020502
ISBN-10
0195020502
Original list price
$35.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous change: these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tragic vision. But nowhere are they elaborated with more urgency than in Women of Trachis. There are no subtle shifts of Fortune's favors in this tragedy, only stunning and total reversals, a relentless spinning of her fickle wheel. Thesis moves to crushing antithesis with an unparalleled violence at the moment of transformation.
Thought to have been written about 440 BC, midway through the poet's career, Women of Trachis has long suffered from neglect by scholars despite its sophistication and raw energy. This translation at last rescues the immense lyrical power and tragic grandeur of the play from obscurity, restoring the music of a poetry originally meant to be sung and danced collectively.
Thought to have been written about 440 BC, midway through the poet's career, Women of Trachis has long suffered from neglect by scholars despite its sophistication and raw energy. This translation at last rescues the immense lyrical power and tragic grandeur of the play from obscurity, restoring the music of a poetry originally meant to be sung and danced collectively.
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Hardcover
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from Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (March 23, 1978)
9780195020502 | details & prices | 112 pages | List price $35.00
About: Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous change: these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tragic vision.
About: Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous change: these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tragic vision.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (March 1, 1991)
9780195070095 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $11.95
About: Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous change: these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tragic vision.
About: Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous change: these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tragic vision.
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