Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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ISBN: 0226307867 / Publisher: University of Chicago Press, May 1969
The three classic works are presented with analyses of the factual presentation and dramatic treatment of the Oedipus legend in each play
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