David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.

• Contents and translators: Octavia, Kelly Cherry * Hercules Oetaeus, Stephen Sandy * Oedipus, Rachel Hadas * The Phoenician Women, David Slavitt * Hercules Furens, Dana Gioia.

Plays and translators: 'Octavia,' Kelly Cherry * 'Hercules Oetaeus,' Stephen Sandy * 'Oedipus,' Rachel Hadas * 'The Phoenician Women,' David Slavitt * 'Hercules Furens,' Dana Gioia.

David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.

• Contents and translators: Octavia, Kelly Cherry * Hercules Oetaeus, Stephen Sandy * Oedipus, Rachel Hadas * The Phoenician Women, David Slavitt * Hercules Furens, Dana Gioia.

Plays and translators: 'Octavia,' Kelly Cherry * 'Hercules Oetaeus,' Stephen Sandy * 'Oedipus,' Rachel Hadas * 'The Phoenician Women,' David Slavitt * 'Hercules Furens,' Dana Gioia.

David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.

• Contents and translators: Octavia, Kelly Cherry * Hercules Oetaeus, Stephen Sandy * Oedipus, Rachel Hadas * The Phoenician Women, David Slavitt * Hercules Furens, Dana Gioia.

Plays and translators: 'Octavia,' Kelly Cherry * 'Hercules Oetaeus,' Stephen Sandy * 'Oedipus,' Rachel Hadas * 'The Phoenician Women,' David Slavitt * 'Hercules Furens,' Dana Gioia.