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Antigone / The Women of Trachis / Philoctetes / Oedipus at Colonus by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Sophocles
franfernandezarce's review against another edition
3.0
i meant to have read this months ago, right after finishing seamus heaney's translation/interpretation [b:The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes|834694|The Cure at Troy A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes|Seamus Heaney|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316130358l/834694._SY75_.jpg|19039148]. up until now, that remains being my favourite play read this year so far (sorry, brian friel). considering i've not read the original version before picking up heaney's, i was very curious to see how they compare one another in terms of storytelling and style.
then, life got in the way. and i couldn't make the time to pick this edition from the library--right until last week.
the original plan was reading only philoctetes . i had read an individual version of [b:Antigone|7728|Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)|Sophocles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486701308l/7728._SY75_.jpg|1052210] years ago and i knew next to nothing about the plot of the women of trachis . oedipus wasn't even a question because i've read it too many times throughout my education and did not need another re-read of it. yet, i thought to myself: i had read antigone years ago and know next to nothing about the women of trachis, why not give them a read not that i have a good translation? so, i did.
i find it both tragic and funny to know these plays allegedly centred around female characters end up being about the male ones--with the female protagonists literally sharing the same type of fate. it doesn't even surprise me at this point although it did affect my enjoyment of both stories. along these lines, philoctetes was still my favourite play from this collection. even more surprisingly, it does not differ as drastically as i had expected from heaney's version. in fact, i think my thoughts on this play are pretty much the same as those in heaney's play. and, since i'm scant for time and cannot bother finding and copy-pasting my own ideas into this, i will redirect you to the original review. just follow the link.
then, life got in the way. and i couldn't make the time to pick this edition from the library--right until last week.
the original plan was reading only philoctetes . i had read an individual version of [b:Antigone|7728|Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)|Sophocles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486701308l/7728._SY75_.jpg|1052210] years ago and i knew next to nothing about the plot of the women of trachis . oedipus wasn't even a question because i've read it too many times throughout my education and did not need another re-read of it. yet, i thought to myself: i had read antigone years ago and know next to nothing about the women of trachis, why not give them a read not that i have a good translation? so, i did.
i find it both tragic and funny to know these plays allegedly centred around female characters end up being about the male ones--with the female protagonists literally sharing the same type of fate. it doesn't even surprise me at this point although it did affect my enjoyment of both stories. along these lines, philoctetes was still my favourite play from this collection. even more surprisingly, it does not differ as drastically as i had expected from heaney's version. in fact, i think my thoughts on this play are pretty much the same as those in heaney's play. and, since i'm scant for time and cannot bother finding and copy-pasting my own ideas into this, i will redirect you to the original review. just follow the link.
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