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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 | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2015-12-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781522715993 |
Download Oedipus the King Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Oedipus the King is the first tragic play in Sophocles' classic Oedipus trilogy. The plays tells the story of a man who eventually becomes the King of Thebes while fulfilling an extremely tragic prophecy.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1504065255 |
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The doomed king of Thebes brings shame on his family in this iconic three-play cycle of ancient Greek literature, a foundational work of Western drama. Oedipus Rex: As a young man, Oedipus was told of a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Fleeing his home to escape his destiny, he becomes the king of Thebes by marrying the former king’s widow. But now Thebes is cursed until Oedipus discovers who killed his predecessor—a mystery that will lead him to his own doom. Oedipus at Colonus: Blind and exiled from his own country, Oedipus takes up residence in Colonus while his two sons battle for the throne of Thebes. An oracle has pronounced that the location of their disgraced father’s final resting place will determine which of them will win. But an old enemy has his own plans for the burial. Antigone: The war is over and Thebes’s ruler, Creon, decrees that the body of Polynices—Oedipus’s son—is not to be buried. But Antigone, the late warrior’s sister, answers to a higher authority. When she breaks the law to bury her brother with proper rites, her act of civil disobedience will unleash great upheaval.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-03-05 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 048611497X |
Download The Theban Plays Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2022-05-28 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Download Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Plays of Sophocles is a set of three plays by Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian whose plays have survived until modern times. Included are Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1973-04-26 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0141905646 |
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King Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone Three towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynasty The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate. King Oedipus is the devastating portrayal of a ruler who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident of his own authority. Translated with an Introduction by E. F. WATLING
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Perfection Learning |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-11 |
Genre | : Psychoanalysis |
ISBN | : 9780812494051 |
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An English version of the trilogy recounting the tragedy of Oedipus, King of Thebes. The verse rendering of Oedipus Rex and Antigone are collaborative, Oedipus at Colonus is by Fitzgerald alone.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2020-05-05 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1504062833 |
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The ancient Greek tragedy about the exiled king’s final days—and the power struggle between his two sons. The second book in the trilogy that begins with Oedipus Rex and concludes with Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus is the story of an aged and blinded Oedipus anticipating his death as foretold by an earlier prophecy. Accompanied by his daughters, Antigone and Ismene, he takes up residence in the village of Colonus near Athens—where the locals fear his very presence will curse them. Nonetheless they allow him to stay, and Ismene informs him his sons are battling each other for the throne of Thebes. An oracle has pronounced that the location of their disgraced father’s final resting place will determine which of them is to prevail. Unfortunately, an old enemy has his own plans for the burial, in this heart-wrenching play about two generations plagued by misfortune from the world’s great ancient Greek tragedian.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2008-08-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 019156110X |
Download Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'. Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair. These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2019-12-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781671643901 |
Download Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus, as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics.