num_pages: 226
description: Sophocles' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series. Introduced by series editor J Michael WaltonIncludes 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.
language: English
title: Sophocles Plays 2: Ajax; Women of Trachis; Electra; Philoctetes
titlecomplete: Sophocles Plays 2: Ajax; Women of Trachis; Electra; Philoctetes (Classical Dramatists)
characters: Ajax
genres: Mythology, Greece, Theatre, Tragedy, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 6405
publisher: Methuen Drama