num_pages: 312
description: Meineck and Woodruff's new annotated translations of Sophocles' Ajax , Women of Trachis , Electra , and Philoctetes combine the same standards of accuracy, concision, clarity, and powerful speech that have so often made their Theban Plays a source of epiphany in the classroom and of understanding in the theatre. Woodruff's Introduction offers a brisk and stimulating discussion of central themes in Sophoclean drama, the life of the playwright, staging issues, and each of the four featured plays.
language: English
title: Four Tragedies: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes
titlecomplete: Four Tragedies: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes
characters: Ajax
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Tragedy, Poetry, Greece, Drama, Literature, Classics, Mythology
ratings_count: 6405
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.