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Sophocles: ElectraCambridge Greek and Latin Classics In this edition of Sophocles' Electra, one of the greatest tragedies in Greek or any literature, Mr Kells presents the play as a study in revenge, but in a subtle way whose meaning depends upon the continuous use of dramatic irony. He relates the confrontations of principle and character depicted to the social and political controversies of the period in which Sophocles was writing. The introduction describes the

pushed his way in Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government

and the emerging challenge from the eventual victor

It is Christmas Eve and the whole family has gathered at the Lee mansion

with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy

A substantial appendix considers the relation between Iliad 18 and the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh

communicative and reading approaches

for obscenity and flattery of the Emperor Domitian

The common view that the poems mark a conversion of Horace to philosophy is reassessed

from the most ordinary to the most demanding

200 Greek words

the hoofbeats and bellows echoing from the Labyrinth below

covering Tacitus himself