This second edition of Garvie's introduction to Sophocles is an essential read for sixth form and undergraduate
students. It provides important information and analysis in an easy-to-read style which is accessible to a wide audience.

Journal of Classics Teaching

This is a superb introduction to Sophocles. Alex Garvie offers an up-to-date and compelling case for the dramatic power and moral complexity of these ancient tragedies and their headstrong hero(in)es. Each play is presented and analyzed with admirable clarity and concision.

Jon Hesk, Senior Lecturer in Greek and Classical Studies, University of St Andrews, UK

This is an excellent brief introduction to Sophocles, which packs a lot into less than a hundred pages. It is lively and up-to-date, and offers reliable and well-informed discussions of Sophocles' seven surviving plays. Garvie has many good ideas of his own, especially about staging. He is an ideal guide to these great plays.

Michael Lloyd, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University College Dublin, Ireland