The texts themselves are priceless, but the translations in this volume are seriously dated and often obscure the meaning of the Greek - especially worthy of disdain are the Aristophanes translations by Rogers, who transposes bawdy Greek comedy into impenetrable and euphemistic (or censored) Victorian rhyming verse. ( )

Of all the plays in this volume, Sophocles is the most readable. If plays are best seen rather than read, Classic Greek plays are even more so. ( )