Oedipus the King, Second Edition
An updated stand-alone edition of Sophocles’s Oedipus the King taken from Chicago’s renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.
 
Over the years, David Grene and Richmond Lattimore’s Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred translations of millions of readers—for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. Drawn from the authoritative third edition of the University of Chicago Press’s classic series, this updated stand-alone edition of Grene’s Oedipus the King renders the original Greek in clear, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor.
 
Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most’s introduction to Sophocles’s searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge provides essential information about the play’s first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
 
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Oedipus the King, Second Edition
An updated stand-alone edition of Sophocles’s Oedipus the King taken from Chicago’s renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.
 
Over the years, David Grene and Richmond Lattimore’s Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred translations of millions of readers—for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. Drawn from the authoritative third edition of the University of Chicago Press’s classic series, this updated stand-alone edition of Grene’s Oedipus the King renders the original Greek in clear, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor.
 
Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most’s introduction to Sophocles’s searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge provides essential information about the play’s first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
 
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An updated stand-alone edition of Sophocles’s Oedipus the King taken from Chicago’s renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.
 
Over the years, David Grene and Richmond Lattimore’s Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred translations of millions of readers—for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. Drawn from the authoritative third edition of the University of Chicago Press’s classic series, this updated stand-alone edition of Grene’s Oedipus the King renders the original Greek in clear, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor.
 
Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most’s introduction to Sophocles’s searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge provides essential information about the play’s first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780226844633
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 09/19/2025
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Sophocles (ca. 495-405 BCE) was an ancient Greek dramatist. 


David Grene (1913-2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought.


Glenn W. Most is a visiting member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.


Mark Griffith is the Klio Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages and Literature, and professor of classics and theater, dance, and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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