Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Oedipus
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Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781700021755 |
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At the outset of the play, Oedipus is the beloved ruler of the city of Thebes, whose citizens have been stricken by a plague. Consulting the Delphic oracle, Oedipus is told that the plague will cease only when the murderer of Queen Jocasta's first husband, King Laius, has been found and punished for his deed. Oedipus resolves to find Laius's killer. His investigation turns into an obsessive reconstruction of his own hidden past when he discovers that the old man he killed when he first approached Thebes as a youth was none other than Laius. At the end, Jocasta hangs herself in shame, and the guilt-stricken Oedipus blinds himself.
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 | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780156027649 |
Download The Oedipus Cycle Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : 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 | : 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 | : 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 | : Signet Book |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1958-09 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780451626585 |
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The three tragedies by the great Athenian playwright that tell of the misfortunes of the royal house of Thebes.
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 | : Sirish Rao |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Blind |
ISBN | : 9780892367641 |
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Presents a retelling of the classic Greek tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother and then puts out his own eyes when he discovers the truth.
Author | : Sophocles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780847957583 |
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