Re: Looking for good translation of Oedipus for high school

Excellent!

Dan

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 5:29 PM Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Dan.
> I really like the version by Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff, from
> Hackett. It's very good in its own right, and the intro and notes are
> excellent too.
>
>
>
> Andrew Szegedy-Maszak
> Professor of Classical Studies
> Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek
> Wesleyan University
> Middletown, CT  06459
> ph: 860.685.2065
> fax: 860.685.2089
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> From: Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group <[email protected]>
> on behalf of DANIEL P. Tompkins <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 5:02 PM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [CLASSICS-L] Looking for good translation of Oedipus for high
> school
>
> I'm going to Haddonfield HS this week to talk about Oedipus.  Last year,
> was *Medea*.  Both times they were using lousy translations, and I'm going
> to recommend S. Murnaghan's *Medea *for future use.  Now a number of
> teachers are asking for recommendations of a good cheap modern Oedipus.
> Not having taught this for a while, I'm asking others what they would
> recommend.  I'd welcome any suggestions.
>
> These are smart students, and the HS elective system allows a full semester
> on Greek Drama. They have a very able teacher.  I wish every public
> education system were as lucky.  (Underside of this: recent finding that
> the most segregated area of this highly segregated state (NJ) is the
> Philadelphia corridor.  Haddonfield has a lot of work ahead.)
>
> Best,
>
> Dan Tompkins
>