{"product_id":"9780140449785","title":"Electra and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour seminal tragedies by the master Greek dramatist, in sparkling new translations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the more than one hundred plays Sophocles wrote over the course of his long life, only seven survive. This volume collects four of them, all newly translated. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father, Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother's lover. \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the enigma of power and weakness vis-àvis the fall of the great hero. \u003ci\u003eWomen of Trachis\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes the tragic love and error of Heracles's deserted wife, Deianeira; \u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e examines the conflict between physical force and moral strength.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046868730096,"sku":"9780140449785","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140449785_p0.jpg?v=1763655382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140449785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}