Love & loyalty, hatred & revenge, fear, deprivation & political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for 2500 years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will & character, risking obloquy & death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone & Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest & parricide, & Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude & despair. These vivid translations combine elegance & modernity, & are remarkable for their lucidity & accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy & sensitivity to the varied metres & modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance.

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