Excerpt from Sophocles in Single Plays, for the Use of Schools: Antigone Difficulties of Sophocles are not merely owing to the subtle delicacy of his language: it is often hard to breathe the fine air in which his genius lives, and appreciate in all its depth. And nobleness a species of art at once so pathetic and intel lectual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.