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Sophocles; selected fragmentary plays; v.1: Hermione, Polyxene, the Diners, Tereus, Troilus, Phaedra.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Sophocles; selected fragmentary plays; v.1: Hermione, Polyxene, the Diners, Tereus, Troilus, Phaedra.

Sophocles. Ed. by Alan H. Sommerstein et al.

Aris & Philips

2006

317 pages

$36.00

Paperback

Aris & Phillips classical texts

PA4414

This volume contains six of the approximately 100 plays of ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, which survive today only as fragments. For each play, the editors (all: U. of Nottingham) discuss both the play itself and the myth upon which it is founded. The Greek text is presented, along with a ...

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