Fiction
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Fitts and Fitzgerald translation of Sophocles' three Theban plays, issued by Mariner Books in a paperback that has served classrooms and theatres for decades. The translation favors clarity and speakability over archaeological fidelity, which means the plays move with a speed that can surprise readers encountering them on the page. Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone trace a family's collapse across generations, but the real subject is the resistance of truth to human management. Mariner's edition is unpretentious and durable.For readers who want Greek tragedy in English that actors can actually pronounce.
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