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Description of  Sophocles' Electra (Oxf Greek Latin College Comment Series)

Sophocles' Electra is a riveting play with a long and varied reception. Its nuanced treatment of matricidal revenge with all the questions it raises its compelling depictions of the idealistic, long -grieving, rebellious Electra her compliant sister her brother and her mother and its superb poetry have all contributed to making this one of Sophocles' most admired plays, as have the moral issues it raises and its political reverberations. In recent decades it has been repeatedly translated, adapted, and produced, sometimes on its own, sometimes in combination with selections from Read more