num_pages: 67
description: Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff’s collaboration on this new translation combines the strengths that have recently distinguished both as translators of Greek expert knowledge of the Greek and of the needs of the teaching classicist, intimate knowledge of theatre, and an excellent ear for the spoken word. Their Oedipus Tyrannus features foot-of-the-page notes, an Introduction, stage directions and a translation characterized by its clarity, accuracy, and power.
language: English
title: Oedipus Tyrannus
titlecomplete: Oedipus Tyrannus
characters: Tiresias, Creon, Sphinx (Greek mythology), Oedipus, Jocasta (Greek Mythology)
genres: Classics, Theatre, Plays, Read For School, High School, School, Tragedy, Literature, Mythology, Fiction
ratings_count: 208971
places: Thebes, Greece
series: The Theban Plays
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.