The tragedies : of Sophocles, translated from the Greek. With notes historical, moral and critical; Wherein several Mistakes of Editors and the old Scholiasts are corrected, and the true Sense of the author cleared. To which is prefix'd, a preface; containing I. A Defence of Tragick Poetry; wherein is occasionally shewn, how some Modern Poets have transgressed the established Laws of Poetry which the Ancients observed. II. An historical Account of its Rise and Progress. III. A Comparison of the ancient Tragedians with each other. By George Adams, A. B. Late of St. John's College in Cambridge.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sophocles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mythology, Greek--Drama--Early works to 1800.
• Sophocles--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

• Plays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plate ) port. ;

Other Title:

Tragedies

Place of Publication:

London : printed for C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row; and Stephen Austen, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXXIX [1729]

Notes:

• Titlepages in red and black.
• Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

• Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1412
• English Short Title Catalog, T140983.

OCLC:

642426025