Here, for the first time in English, is celebrated French classicist Jacques Jouanna's magisterial account of the life and work of Sophocles. Exhaustive and aut

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, a

These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the plays in performance, doing justice to both the

An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters

A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art.