Pulitzer Prize--winning poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) is part of a notable literary cohort, American poets who came to prominence in the mid-twentieth century. Wilbur's verse is esteemed for its fluen
Putting down the saltshaker is just the first step....Experts agree that a low-sodium diet can decrease the risk of heart disease, migraines, diabetes, and osteoporosis.??But to significantly reduce t
The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vibrant new translations by award-winning poet Robert BaggSophocles' three great masterpieces, gathered here in one volume, dramatize the inexplicable an
Sophocles' most profound and celebrated play in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert BaggOedipus the King remains, after 2,500 years, a shocking, suspenseful, and highly em
Sophocles' masterpiece Antigone dramatizes the terrible series of events that results when patriotism clashes with familial duty--and hubris incites the wrath of the gods.The sons of Oedipus have kill
A dynamic and necessary new translation of Sophocles' chilling tragedy of hatred, revenge, and murderOrestes, the son of King Agamemnon, returns to his homeland to take revenge on his mother, Klytemne
Bringing Sophocles' works to life for a new generation of readers, a new translation of the second chapter of the Oedipus cycle follows Oedipus, who is now an old man, as he finally comes to terms wit
In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed
A dynamic and necessary new translation of Sophocles' unsparing drama about a desperate wife's lethal scheme to keep her warrior husband's wavering loveIn Women of Trakhis, Sophocles challenges the ve
The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vivid and dynamic new translations by award-winning poets Robert Bagg and James Scully The dominant Athenian playwright in fifth-century-BCE Athens, So
