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Aias(Ajax)
Ajax
by Sophocles
ISBN: 0195128192
ISBN-13: 9780195128192
Format: Paperback
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"As for many translations of Greek Tragedy, this book will doubtless find its greatest readership among students....In this respect, "Aias" is an easy choice-clear, cogent, and readable. However, it would be a shame if ONLY students picked up this volume..." -- Thomas Jenkins
-- Boston Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.2 pounds
Pages: 100
Publisher's Notes
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated Greek tragedies, the Greek Tragedy in New Translation series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Herbert Golder and the late William Arrowsmith, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the plays. Brought boldly to life by Herbert Golder and Richard Pevear's translation and contextualized by Herbert Golder's excellent introduction, this early Sophoclean tragedy tells the story of the Trojan war hero better known as Ajax, who was second only to Achilles among the Greek warriors. His great crisis was not in battle, but afterward, when Achilles' armor was given to his rival Odysseus instead of to himself. Clearly the greater warrior, he was driven to suicide by his betrayal by the Greeks. In this Sophoclean version of the Aias myth, the hero transforms his dishonor into a work of tragic art, and his suicide is likewise seen as an act of heroic destiny.
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Aias (Ajax) (The Greek Tragedy in New Translations Series)
Sophocles; Golder, Herbert (translator); Pevear, Richard (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1999. PB, 100 pp., Near Fine. Pages bright, clean, & unmarked. Binding tight. Covers have minor wear. Most previous versions & interpretations have equivocated over Sophocles' bold vision. This edition of Aias translates precisely that transformation of the hero from the bygone figure to the man who transcends time. Herbert Golder is a professor of classics at Boston University; Richard Pevear is a poet & translator. (General Editors of the series are Peter Burian & Alan Shapiro.). Soft Cover. Near Fine. 5-1/4" x 8". ( more information)
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