Explores the ideas in the following plays : Ajax - Antigone - Women of Trachis - King Oedipus - Electra - Philoctetes - Oedipus at Colonus.

Deals in turn with the chief figures of Greek lyric poetry from the seventh to the sixth centuries, with a final chapter on Attic drinking-songs. The author has taken account of recent discoveries and discussions and attempts to give as full an account as possible of each poet. He relates them to their historical background, quotes and translates the important texts, and analyzes their special characteristics. The book is intended primarily for scholars...

Selections from the works of more than thirty Mexican poets, chosen to represent each historical period from 1521 to 1910. Translated by S. Beckett.