Sophocles One: Three Tragedies (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone), Vol. 1

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Author(s): Sophocles  

ISBN 10: 0226307921
ISBN 13: 9780226307923
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Publication: August 1991
Edition: 1