{"product_id":"sophocles-the-complete-plays-paperback-by-sophocles","title":"Sophocles: The Complete Plays Paperback by Sophocles","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSignet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-05-04)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e464\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780451531537\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e243.81\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e6.74 x 4.22 x 1.01\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith new translations and a new afterword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The full texts of the seven extant plays of Sophocles with Paul Roche's revised and updated translations of the Oedipus cycle, and all-new translations of the remaining plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophocles\u003c\/b\u003e was born at Colonus, just outside Athens, in 496 BC, and lived ninety years.  His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire; he was a friend of Pericles, and though not an active politician he held several public offices, both military and civil.  The leader of a literary circle and friend of Herodotus, he was interested in poetic theory as well as practice, and he wrote a prose treatise \u003cb\u003eOn the Chorus\u003c\/b\u003e.  He seems to have been content to spend all his life at Athens, and is said to have refused several invitations to royal courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophocles first won a prize for tragic drama in 468, defeating the veteran Aeschylus.  He wrote over a hundred plays for the Athenian theater, and is said to have come first in twenty-four contests.  Only seven of his tragedies are now extant, these being \u003cb\u003eAjax\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAntigone\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWomen of Trachis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eElectra\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/b\u003e, and the posthumous \u003cb\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/b\u003e.  A substantial part of \u003cb\u003eThe Searches\u003c\/b\u003e, a satyr play, was recovered from papyri in Egypt in modern times.  Fragments of other plays remain, showing that he drew on a wide range of themes; he also introduced the innovation of a third actor in his tragedies.  He died in 406 BC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Roche\u003c\/b\u003e, a distinguished English poet and translator, is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Bible’s Greatest Stories\u003c\/b\u003e. His other translations include \u003cb\u003eEuripides: Ten Plays\u003c\/b\u003e (Signet), \u003cb\u003eOedipus Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/b\u003e (Meridian) and \u003cb\u003eThe Orestes Plays of Aeschylus\u003c\/b\u003e (Meridian).\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45350375325857,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780451531537","price":10.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780451531537.jpg?v=1762918797","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/sophocles-the-complete-plays-paperback-by-sophocles","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}