Sophocles 1: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies & satyr plays. It's the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes & Menander. "A boon for classicists & general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the 1st time, these translations are eminently accessible...For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces."--Boston Book Review "A speakable version of Sophocles' Philoctetes: as it were, after 25 years, a sequel to Pound's The Women of Trachis."--Hugh Kenner, NYT Book Review "A two-year project to publish the corpus of classical Greek drama in translations by an impressive array of contemporary poets. It may not be long before anyone who mentions that he is reading Sophocles in Greek can expect to be told, 'Oh, but you simply must read it in translation'."--New Yorker