Woodruff, then, has pulled off a remarkable feat in that this edition will serve the teacher and student of Sophocles as well as it would the actor. Of course, performability is often gained at the expense of what we might call ‘faithfulness’ to the original text-and in practical terms, this means that a performance translation rarely serves well as a teaching text. Most notably, his text is performable: when read aloud it displays real pace and force. Happily, Woodruff’s Antigone has just that. 'When a play has been translated as many times as the Antigone, a new version has to have some remarkable qualities in order to merit attention. Woodruff’s rendering of the choruses especially impresses me by the way he manages to render complex syntax and imagery of the original-often tangled and occasionally obscure in its allusiveness-into clear and genuinely poetic English.” “A lucid, well-paced translation, natural enough sounding in the dialogue to make a good acting version, and remarkably successful in making the choruses clear, lyrical, and yet part of the dramatic movement. Karelisa Hartigan, The Classical Bulletin Should our drama department ask for my advice as to a playable text, I would certainly suggest Woodruff’s new version.' 'Woodruff’s introduction is a strong, clear, and clever blend of basic traditional information (to those who know Greek tragedy) and fresh insights. Antigone’s words on the gods’ unwritten laws keep close to the Greek and yet would be authentic for a modern speaker. Woodruff’s rendering of the dialogue moves along easily these are lines that any contemporary Antigone, Creon or Haemon might speak. After giving a succinct analysis of each in his introduction, Woodruff translates the lyrics into English that is both poetic and comprehensible. “The choral odes as rendered here deserve special notice. Line notes printed at the bottom of the page bring a reader further quick assistance. 'Woodruff’s work with Peter Meineck makes this text one that is accessible to today’s students and could be staged for modern audiences. Ordering Titles in the Lingua Latina per se Illustrata Series.Ordering for Customers & Booksellers Outside of the U.S.

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