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An innovative teaching tool for beginning students and text for comparatists lacking facility in Greek, this interÂlinear translation of seven related pasÂsages provides an introduction to the art of Sophocles. In addition, a long introductory essay on the dimensions of the play analyzes Antigoneâs androgyÂnous nature.
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The passages chosen readily illustrate Sophoclesâ diction and style and the playâs ironic structure. They also reveal the characters of the antagonists. Three are character studies of the heroine. Another, the famed Ode on Man, reÂveals some of the dramatistâs deepest thoughts.
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OâBrien provides summaries of interÂvening portions of the play, the Greek alphabet, and a grammatical appendix. A transliteration of two passagesÂthe Prologue and the Ode on ManÂis deÂsigned to help the beginner learn the Greek alphabet and to show combined or elided words in their complete form.
About: An innovative teaching tool for beginning students and text for comparatists lacking facility in Greek, this interÂlinear translation of seven related pasÂsages provides an introduction to the art of Sophocles.
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