Book: Sophocles Ii: Ajax, The Women Of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (the Complete Greek Tragedies) (vol 9) In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English.
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Details of Book: Sophocles Ii: Ajax, The Women Of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (the Complete Greek Tragedies) (vol 9) Book: Sophocles Ii: Ajax, The Women Of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes (the Complete Greek Tragedies) (vol 9)
Author: Sophocles, David Greene, Richmond Lattimore
ISBN: 0226307867
ISBN-13: 9780226307862
, 978-0226307862
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 1969/05/15
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Number of Pages: 260
Language: English