SOPHOCLES; TRANSLATED BY ELIZABETH WYCKOFF; HARRY BENNETT [ILLUSTRATOR],.
Sophocles: Antigone.
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride”: The Limited Editions Club Edition of Sophocles' Antigone; signed by illustrator Harry Bennett
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1975.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy. Quarto, bound in three-quarters modern morocco by Morrell over cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with color plates. Boldly signed by illustrator Harry Bennett on the colophon page at the rear. One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is number 855. In near fine condition. Translated from the Greek text into English verse by Elizabeth Wyckoff. Introduction by D.S. Carne-Ross. Illustrated by Harry Bennett.
Sophocles’ Antigone is a foundational work of Greek tragedy that dramatizes the conflict between individual moral duty and the authority of the state. The play centers on Antigone’s defiance of King Creon’s edict forbidding the burial of her brother Polyneices, an act she undertakes out of religious and familial obligation. Her resistance highlights the tension between divine law and human law, as well as the limitations of patriarchal and political power. Creon’s inflexible insistence on civic order ultimately leads to a series of personal and communal tragedies, exposing the destructive consequences of authoritarian rule and hubris.
Sophocles: Antigone.
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