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Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
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ISBN | : 9781015663855 |
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Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2019-03-13 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781090353474 |
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Oedipus, King of Thebes, sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to ask advice of the oracle at Delphi, concerning a plague ravaging Thebes. Creon returns to report that the plague is the result of religious pollution, since the murderer of their former king, Laius, has never been caught. Oedipus vows to find the murderer and curses him for causing the plague.Oedipus summons the blind prophet Tiresias for help. When Tiresias arrives he claims to know the answers to Oedipus's questions, but refuses to speak, instead telling him to abandon his search. Oedipus is enraged by Tiresias' refusal, and verbally accuses him of complicity in Laius' murder. Outraged, Tiresias tells the king that Oedipus himself is the murderer ("You yourself are the criminal you seek"). Oedipus cannot see how this could be, and concludes that the prophet must have been paid off by Creon in an attempt to undermine him. The two argue vehemently, as Oedipus mocks Tiresias' lack of sight, and Tiresias in turn tells Oedipus that he himself is blind. Eventually Tiresias leaves, muttering darkly that when the murderer is discovered he shall be a native citizen of Thebes, brother and father to his own children, and son and husband to his own mother.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2011-05-19 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0299282538 |
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Oedipus Rex is the greatest of the Greek tragedies, a profound meditation on the human condition. The story of the mythological king, who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother, has resonated in world culture for almost 2,500 years. But Sophocles’ drama as originally performed was much more than a great story—it was a superb poetic script and exciting theatrical experience. The actors spoke in pulsing rhythms with hypnotic forward momentum, making it hard for audiences to look away. Interspersed among the verbal rants and duels were energetic songs performed by the chorus. David Mulroy’s brilliant verse translation of Oedipus Rex recaptures the aesthetic power of Sophocles’ masterpiece while also achieving a highly accurate translation in clear, contemporary English. Speeches are rendered with the same kind of regular iambic rhythm that gave the Sophoclean originals their drive. The choral parts are translated as fluid rhymed songs. Mulroy also supplies an introduction, notes, and appendixes to provide helpful context for general readers and students.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780156027649 |
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English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.
Author | : Harold Bloom |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Criticism |
ISBN | : 1438114109 |
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A collection of eight critical essays on the classical tragedy, arranged in the chronological order of their original publication.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Prabhat Prakashan |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2021-01-01 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : |
Download Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus The King; Oedipus At Colonus; Antigone Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King of Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son. Afterwards doubting his parentage he inquired of the Delphic god and heard himself the word declared before to Laius." -Preface
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1988-03-31 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780195054934 |
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Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-03-05 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 048611497X |
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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Essential reading for English and classical studies majors.
Author | : Yulia Kovas |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2021-10-30 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1349960489 |
Download Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts. The first is Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannus) by Sophocles, written in the 5th century BCE. The second is human DNA, with its origins around 4 billion years ago, and continuously revised by chance and evolution. With Sophocles as a guide, the authors take a journey into the Genomic era, an age marked by ever-expanding insights into the human genome. Over the course of this journey, the book explores themes of free will, fate, and chance; prediction, misinterpretation, and the burden that comes with knowledge of the future; self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies; the forces that contribute to similarities and differences among people; roots and lineage; and the judgement of oneself and others. Using Oedipus Rex as its lens, this novel work provides an engaging overview of behavioural genetics that demonstrates its relevance across the humanities and the social and life sciences. It will appeal in particular to students and scholars of genetics, education, psychology, sociology, and law.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2006-07-27 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521851777 |
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A revised edition of the bestselling commentary on this most important of ancient plays.