title: Four Tragedies: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes
author:  Sophocles 
description: <DIV><P>In these new translations Meineck and Woodruff have struck a near-ideal balance between accuracy and readability, formality and colloquialism. Their versions are simply a pleasure to read, conveying with remarkable vividness the powerful characterizations and poetic variety of the originals. The addition of succinct but illuminating notes makes this an exemplary volume for anyone interested in Sophocles' dramatic art. --Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Department of Classics, Wesleyan University</P></DIV><br /><br /><DIV><P>[T]his sequel to the same pair's well-received translation of the Theban plays hits an appropriate mean . . . a text that I could happily adopt for teaching. --Malcolm Heath in <I>Greece and Rome</I></P></DIV>
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  # Cruel Prince
  
  
  ## A Dark Mafia Romance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Sophia Reed
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Join The Tribe](join-the-tribe.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Kelly](chapter-001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Marco](chapter-002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Kelly](chapter-003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Marco](chapter-004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Kelly](chapter-005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Marco](chapter-006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Kelly](chapter-007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Marco](chapter-008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [Kelly](chapter-009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [Marco](chapter-010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. [Kelly](chapter-011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  12\. [Marco](chapter-012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  13\. [Kelly](chapter-013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  14\. [Marco](chapter-014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  15\. [Kelly](chapter-015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  16\. [Marco](chapter-016.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  17\. [Kelly](chapter-017.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  18\. [Marco](chapter-018.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  19\. [Kelly](chapter-019.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  20\. [Marco](chap