THE TRAGEDIES OF SOPHOCLES: IN ENGLISH PROSE. THE OXFORD TRANSLATION. NEW EDITION, REVISED ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF dindorf. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1859. 2 PREFA CСЕ. THE chief aim of the publisher in the present volume was to furnish an improved reprint of the Standard Oxford version, without depriving the original work of those features which have insured its favorable reception in both Universities. To carry out this view, the editor has carefully revised the translation throughout, adhering closely to the text of Dindorf, which is now universally established, and is adopted by our public examiners. In a few cases, the corrupt state of the original has rendered a different course necessary, but every departure from the received text has been pointed out at the foot of the page. The version has, where possible, been made more literal, especially as regards the choruses; and many words and particles, before indistinctly rendered, have, it is hoped, recovered their force and meaning. Arguments before each play, and a brief introduction have been added, and the notes have been considerably augmented. These additions are distinguished by the initial of the present editor. Christ Church, Oxford. THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY |
