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Title: The Seven Plays in English Verse

Author: Sophocles

Release Date: December 27, 2004 [EBook #14484]

Language: English

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SOPHOCLES

THE
SEVEN PLAYS IN ENGLISH VERSE

BY
LEWIS CAMPBELL, M.A.

HON. LL.D., HON. D.LITT.
EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS
HON. FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD

[Illustration: THE WORLD'S CLASSICS]

NEW EDITION, REVISED

HENRY FROWDE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, NEW YORK AND TORONTO

SOPHOCLES

Born at Colonos probably 495 B.C.
Died 406 B.C.

_The present translation was first published in 'The World's Classics'
in 1906._

Sie hoeren nicht die folgenden Gesaenge,
Die Seelen, denen ich die ersten sang.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
PREFATORY NOTE TO THE EDITION OF 1883

ANTIGONE
AIAS
KING OEDIPUS
ELECTRA
THE TRACHINIAN MAIDENS
PHILOCTETES
OEDIPUS AT COLONOS
NOTES

* * * * *

PREFACE

In 1869, having read the Antigone with a pupil who at the time had a
passion for the stage, I was led to attempt a metrical version of the
_Antigone_, and, by and by, of the Electra and Trachiniae.[1] I had
the satisfaction of seeing this last very beautifully produced by an
amateur company in