Overview

Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore's collections of the complete Greek tragedies, expertly updated by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most, this collection brings together seventeen of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece. Combining accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation, the masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides have been rendered so compellingly in English that they remain the definitive translations. Each text has been carefully updated to bring it even closer to the ancient Greek original while retaining the vibrancy for which Chicago's versions are famous. Alongside the plays, this edition includes an introduction to the life and work of each tragedian; an introduction to each play offering essential information about its first production, plot, and reception through the centuries; and notes addressing textual uncertainties. Featuring lively translations by eminent classicists and authors including Anne Carson, Robert Fitzgerald, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Oliver Taplin, Emily Townsend Vermeule, and Elizabeth Wyckoff, this is an indispensable anthology for any reader of the foundational works of Western drama, art, and life.

Full Product Details

Author:   Aeschylus ,  Sophocles ,  Euripides ,  David Grene
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   1.134kg
ISBN:  

9780226844695

ISBN 10:   0226844692
Pages:   1136
Publication Date:   04 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

How the Plays Were Originally Staged I. Aeschylus Introduction to Aeschylus The Persians, Translated by Seth Benardete Prometheus Bound, Translated by David Grene The Oresteia Agamemnon, Translated by Richmond Lattimore The Libation Bearers, Translated by Richmond Lattimore The Eumenides, Translated by Richmond Lattimore II. Sophocles Introduction to Sophocles The Theban Plays Antigone, Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff Oedipus the King, Translated by David Grene Oedipus at Colonus, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald Electra, Translated by David Grene III. Euripides Introduction to Euripides Alcestis, Translated by Richmond Lattimore Medea, Translated by Oliver Taplin Hippolytus, Translated by David Grene Hecuba, Translated by William Arrowsmith Electra, Translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule The Trojan Women, Translated by Richmond Lattimore Iphigenia among the Taurians, Translated by Anne Carson The Bacchae, Translated by William Arrowsmith Textual Notes

Reviews

Author Information

David Grene (1913–2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought. Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College. Mark Griffith is Klio Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages and Literature, and professor of classics and theater, dance, and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Glenn W. Most is a visiting member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.  

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions