Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905) was an influential Greek scholar and politician. First published in 1907, as the second edition of an 1873 original, this book contains a series of Jebb's translations from English poetry into Greek and Latin verse. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Greek, Latin and English literature.
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905) was an influential Greek scholar and politician. First published in 1907, as the second edition of an 1873 or...
Sophocles is one of three ancient & medieval Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first drama & plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or relatively close to those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 classical & medieval plays during the course of his lifetime, but only seven have survived in a complete form. The Trachiniae is one of those seven surviving plays. The Trachiniae, which is also known as, Women of Trachis is generally considered to be less developed than Sophocles' other ancient & classical works, and its dating has been a subject of...
Sophocles is one of three ancient & medieval Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first drama & plays were written later than those of Aesc...
Sophocles is one of three ancient & medieval Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first classical & medieval drama & plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or relatively close to those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 classical & medieval plays during the course of his lifetime, but only seven have survived in a complete form. Three of those seven surviving drama & plays are included in this anthology edition; Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. In the Greek tragedy drama & play Oedipus The King, the story of Oedipus is told, a man who...
Sophocles is one of three ancient & medieval Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first classical & medieval drama & plays were written lat...
Philoctetes is an ancient & classical drama & play by Sophocles. The tragedy was written during the Peloponnesian War and it is one of the seven medieval tragedies of Sophocles to have survived the ravages of time in its complete form. When Heracles was near his death, he wished to be burned on a funeral pyre while still alive. No one but Philoctetes would light the fire, and in return for this favor Heracles gave Philoctetes his bow. Philoctetes left with the others to participate in the Trojan War, but was bitten on the foot by a snake while walking on Chryse, a sacred ground. The bite...
Philoctetes is an ancient & classical drama & play by Sophocles. The tragedy was written during the Peloponnesian War and it is one of the seven medie...
