Best translation available: it contains some of the beauty of the original unlike the Barnes and Nobles one and, more importantly, is intelligible unlike the Penguin one.

I bought this book just to read Antigone. This story presents a moral conflict between a young princess and the King. It is amazing that such a story could have been written in the 5th century BC, and that such a character as Antigone could have been conceived by Sophocles. Truly ahead of his time...

I needed this book for my college course, and it was in really good condition for what I bought it for. Brand new! This book is a must read, its pretty interesting and it wasn't a chore to read, although it was mandatory in my case. If you like these kind of books and subjects, it's a classic.

This version of Sophocles's Oedipus trilogy--Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone--is a great edition for students and seasoned classicists alike. The translations by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald are modern while still being poetic, and complete while still being very, very fast-paced. For instance, I read Antigone in about forty minutes, and I'm a slow reader.

Fitts and Fitzgerald have sacrificed some accuracy and literalness to achieve their extraordinary pacing and readability, but while their translations are not always true to the original text, they more than make up for it with the sheer power which which they grab the reader. I had read Oedipus Rex before, but I had never felt it like this. The plays come alive for the reader. The tragic end of Oedipus Rex was particularly moving.

This edition includes some notes and commentary, but the works stand well on their own, without the comments of a later generation. Overall, though, the briskness and modern sound of these plays make this one of the best translations available to students today.

Highly recommended.

Its a book that i was forced to buy. Its a good book. Came in good condition