Oedipus the King By Sophocles Berg Stephen Clay Diskin

by Stephen Berg and Diskin Clay

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the sense of poetry evident in the originals Under the editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shaprio each volume includes a critical introduction commentary on difficult passages ample stage directions and a glossary of the mythical names and geographical references encountered in the dialogue Sophocles Oedipus the King paves the way as the first in the series to appear in paperback In this highly acclaimed translation of the greatest of all Greek tragedies Stephen Berg the well known poet and Diskin Clay the distinguished classicist combine their talents to offer the contemporary reader a dazzling version of Sophocles timeless work Emphasizing theintensity of the spoken language they capture the unrelenting power of Sophoclean drama No other English translation conveys the same terrifying emotional level especially in the choral odes the forceful descriptions of Jokasta s death the blinding of Oedipus and the final scene of desolation Berg and Clay s translation now available for the first time in paperback both adheres strictly to the original meaning of the play and breathes new life into its language In this translation of the most famous of all Greek tragedies Stephen Berg a poet and Diskin Clay a classicist combine to produce a version of Sophocles timeless work The volume also contains a critical introduction commentary on difficult passages stage directions and glossaries of mythical and geographical terms Stephen Berg a distinguished poet and Diskin Clay an eminent classicist combine their talents to offer a dazzling and original version of Sophocles timeless work Emphasizing the intensity of the spoken language

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Published January 1, 1989