Herbert Golder is Professor of Classics at Boston University. Richard Pevear is a poet and translator.
"This book is a brilliant addition to a distinguished series. For
the long iambic lines so often used to represent the meter of the
original, Richard Pevear substitutes a sprung rhythm--three
stressed syllables per line. The result is a great success, an
easily speakable version....Herbert Golder's eloquent and incisive
analysis of the play locates the controversial figure of Aias in
the political and intellectual context of the Athenian fifth
century and also
explores those aspects of his character that make him unique among
the Sophoclean tragic heroes."--Bernard Knox
"The beauty and power of this clear, clean version cannot be
denied....poet Richard Pevear, writing in a style reminiscent of
the spare, stoic, puritan power of Robert Lowell's famous
translations, makes the work sing."--Booklist
"A jewel for modern English readers. The scholarly critical
introduction by Golder provides an excellent background and
analysis of this tragedy."--Library Journal
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