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Bezig met laden... Sophocles Plays 2 : Ajax + Women of Trachis + Electra + Philoctetesdoor J Michael Walton (Redacteur), Sophocles (Auteur)
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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Methuen Drama Classical Dramatists (Sophocles) Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Methuen Drama (Sophocles) BevatElectra [in translation] door Sophocles (indirect) Philoktetes door Sophokles (indirect) Women of Trachis [in translation] door Sophocles (indirect) Is een studiehandleiding voor studenten van
Sophocles' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series. Introduced by series editor J Michael Walton Includes the surviving complete plays: Ajax which plots the downfall of Odysseus's greatest Trojan enemy - who slaughters a whole herd of cattle before killing himself; Women of Trachis in which the seemingly docile Deianira prepares a lethal homecoming for her womanising husband Heracles; in Electra the son and daughter of the ill-starred Agamemnon plan their revenge on their usurping stepfather and mother and finally Philoctetes in which Sophocles brilliantly explores the themes of pain, love and the betrayal of trust. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The translation I read is extremely crisp and modern-feeling, but other translations I looked at online have much of the same feel to them, so some of that has to come from the original. I love that this play is almost entirely told by a woman, Deianeira, and a chorus (the titular Women of Trachis), and the usual hero, Heracles, doesn't come in until the final section of the play (and isn't all that heroic when he does arrive). And the tragedy, my God, the tragedy! This is one that everyone should read, and one that I'm definitely going to read again.
[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2014/12/women-of-trachis-by-sophocles-circa-430.ht... ] (