Sophocles And Oedipus
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Sophocles Oedipus Rex
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Sophocles Oedipus Rex written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Criticism categories.
A collection of eight critical essays on the classical tragedy, arranged in the chronological order of their original publication.
Oedipus Rex
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2011-05-19
Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-19 with Drama categories.
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.
Oedipus The King
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1988-03-31
Oedipus The King written by Sophocles and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-03-31 with Drama categories.
Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.
Oedipus King Of Thebes
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Release Date : 2021-12-24
Oedipus King Of Thebes written by Sophocles and has been published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-24 with Drama categories.
Oedipus King of Thebes Sophocles - Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: , pronounced [oidípos týrannos]), 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. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from another of Sophocles's plays, Oedipus at Colonus. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation
Oedipus Rex
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Dover Publications
Release Date : 1991
Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles and has been published by Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Drama categories.
Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles' finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Aristotle considered it a masterpiece of dramatic construction and refers to it frequently in the Poetics. In presenting the story of King Oedipus and the tragedy that ensues when he discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother, the play exhibits near-perfect harmony of character and action. Moreover, the masterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies the impact of the agonizing events and emotions experienced by Oedipus and the other characters in the play. Now these and many other facets of this towering tragedy may be studied and appreciated in Dover's attractive inexpensive edition of one of the great landmarks of Western drama.
Sophocles Oedipus At Colonus
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Author : Adrian Kelly
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Sophocles Oedipus At Colonus written by Adrian Kelly and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices, in his coming attack on Thebes, manifesting once more the passion and harshness which mark his character so thoroughly. His mysterious death at the end of the play, witnessed only by Theseus himself, seems the sole fitting end for such an exceptional and problematic figure, transforming Oedipus into one of the 'powerful dead' whose beneficence towards Athens heralds a positive future for the city. This useful companion provides background, context, a synopsis and detailed analysis of the play.
Oedipus The King
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005-07
Oedipus The King written by Sophocles and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07 with Drama categories.
Frequently reprinted with the same ISBN but with slightly varying bibliographical details.
The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles
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Author : Paul Woodruff
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-02
The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles written by Paul Woodruff and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-02 with Philosophy categories.
Oedipus presents ceaseless paradoxes that have fascinated readers for centuries. He is proud of his intellect, but he does not know himself and succumbs easily to self-deceptions. As a ruler he expresses the greatest good will toward his people, but as an exile he will do nothing to save them from their enemies. Faced with a damning prophecy, he tries to take destiny into his own hands and fails. Realizing this, he struggles at the end of his life for a serenity that seems to elude him. In his last misery, he is said to illustrate the tragic lament that it is better not to be born, or, once born, better to die young than to live into old age. Such are the themes a set of powerful thinkers take on in this volume-self-knowledge, self-deception, destiny, the value of a human life. There are depths to the Oedipus tragedies that only philosophers can plumb; readers who know the plays will be startled by what they find in this volume. There is nothing in literature to compare with the Oedipus plays of Sophocles that let us see the same basic myth through different lenses. The first play was the product of a poet in vibrant late middle age, the second of a man who was probably in his eighties, with the vision of a very old poet still at the height of his powers. In the volume's introduciton, Paul Woodruff provides historical backdrop to Sophocles and the plays, and connections to the contributions by philosophers and classicists that follow.
Two Faces Of Oedipus
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Author : Frederick Ahl
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2008
Two Faces Of Oedipus written by Frederick Ahl and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Drama categories.
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is the most famous of ancient tragedies and a literary masterpiece. It is not, however, the only classical dramatization of Oedipus' quest to discover his identity. Between four and five hundred years after Sophocles' play was first performed, Seneca composed a fine, but neglected and often disparaged Latin tragedy on the same subject, which, in some ways, comes closer to our common understanding of the Oedipus myth. Now, modern readers can compare the two versions, in new translations by Frederick Ahl.Balancing poetry and clarity, yet staying scrupulously close to the original texts, Ahl's English versions are designed to be both read and performed, and are alert to the literary and historical complexities of each. In approaching Sophocles anew, Ahl is careful to preserve the richly allusive nature and rhetorical power of the Greek, including the intricate use of language that gives the original its brilliant force. For Ahl, Seneca's tragedy is vastly and intriguingly different from that of Sophocles, and a poetic masterpiece in its own right. Seneca takes us inside the mind of Oedipus in ways that Sophocles does not, making his inner conflicts a major part of the drama itself in his soliloquies and asides. Two Faces of Oedipus opens with a wide-ranging introduction that examines the conflicting traditions of Oedipus in Greek literature, the different theatrical worlds of Sophocles and Seneca, and how cultural and political differences between Athenian democracy and Roman imperial rule affect the nature and conditions under which the two tragedies were composed. This book brings two dramatic traditions into conversation while providing elegant, accurate, and exciting new versions of Sophocles' and Seneca's tragedies.
Oedipus The King
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-12-12
Oedipus The King written by Sophocles and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-12 with categories.
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.