The Tomb Of Oedipus
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The Tomb Of Oedipus
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Author : William Marx
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2022-10-11
The Tomb Of Oedipus written by William Marx and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
If Greek tragedies are meant to be so tragic, why do they so often end so well? Here starts the story of a long and incredible misunderstanding. Out of the hundreds of tragedies that were performed, only 32 were preserved in full. Who chose them and why? Why are the lost ones never taken into account? This extremely unusual scholarly book tells us an Umberto Eco-like story about the lost tragedies. By arguing that they would have given a radically different picture, William Marx makes us think in completely new ways about one of the major achievements of Western culture. In this very readable, stimulating, lively, and even sometimes funny book, he explores parallels with Japanese theatre, resolves the enigma of catharsis, sheds a new light on psychoanalysis. In so doing, he tells also the story of the misreadings of our modernity, which disconnected art from the body, the place, and gods. Two centuries ago philosophers transformed Greek tragedies into an ideal archetype, now they want to read them as self-help handbooks, but all are equally wrong: Greek tragedy is definitely not what you think, and we may never understand it, but this makes it matter all the more to us.
The Oedipus Trilogy Oedipus The King Oedipus At Colonus Antigone
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Author : Sophocles Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Release Date : 2014-02-01
The Oedipus Trilogy Oedipus The King Oedipus At Colonus Antigone written by Sophocles Sophocles and has been published by First Avenue Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with Drama categories.
Disregard for messages from the oracles and gods doesn't turn out well for characters in Greek stories, and Oedipus is no exception. Encompassing murder and betrayal, incest and patricide, this set of three plays follows the life of a man doomed to suffer from birth. Sophocles wrote these classic Greek tragedies in fifth century BCE. This English translation, by F. Storr, was first published in 1912.
The Ancient Greek Hero In 24 Hours
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Author : Gregory Nagy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-10
The Ancient Greek Hero In 24 Hours written by Gregory Nagy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers a masterclass in classical Greek literature. We meet the epic heroes of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but Nagy also considers the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the songs of Sappho and Pindar, and the dialogues of Plato. Herodotus once said that to read Homer was to be a civilized person. To discover Nagy’s Homer is to be twice civilized. “Fascinating, often ingenious... A valuable synthesis of research finessed over thirty years.” —Times Literary Supplement “Nagy exuberantly reminds his readers that heroes—mortal strivers against fate, against monsters, and...against death itself—form the heart of Greek literature... [He brings] in every variation on the Greek hero, from the wily Theseus to the brawny Hercules to the ‘monolithic’ Achilles to the valiantly conflicted Oedipus.” —Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly
Plays Of Sophocles Oedipus The King Oedipus At Colonus Antigone
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-28
Plays Of Sophocles Oedipus The King Oedipus At Colonus Antigone written by Sophocles and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-28 with Drama categories.
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.
Oedipus Rex
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles and has been published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Drama categories.
AN EPIC TRAGEDY, WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE A MASTERPIECE Oedipus Rex, Sophocles’ finest play is considered by many to be the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies. First produced sometime around 429 BC, it exhibits near-perfect harmony of character and action and is a work of extraordinary power which has circulated throughout world culture for thousands of years. After Laius, King of Thebes, learns from an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son, he orders his wife Jocasta to kill his newly born son. Unable to do it, Jocasta entrusts a servant with the task instead, who takes the baby to a mountaintop and leaves him to die of exposure. A passing shepherd rescues the baby and names him Oedipus, taking him to Corinth where he is raised by the childless King Polybus as if it were his own. When Oedipus learns that he is not the biological son of Polybus, he seeks the counsel of the Oracle of Delphi who relates to him that he is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother. The play is a unique combination of a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. This ironic story of patricide and incest tells how Oedipus, who has become King of Thebes, in order to stop a plague in his kingdom, is determined to find and punish the former king’s assassin, only to learn that the murderer is himself. At the end of the play, after this truth comes to light, the queen, Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus, horrified at his patricide and incest, gouges out his own eyes in despair.
Poine A Study In Ancient Greek Blood Vengeance
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Author : Hubert Joseph Treston
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-07-10
Poine A Study In Ancient Greek Blood Vengeance written by Hubert Joseph Treston and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-10 with Fiction categories.
"Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance" by Hubert Joseph Treston. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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.
King Oedipus
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-08-24
King Oedipus 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 2015-08-24 with Fiction categories.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, 'King Oedipus' (or 'Oedipus Rex') is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by 'Oedipus at Colonus' and then 'Antigone'). After defeating the Sphinx and freeing the kingdom of Thebes from her curse, the flawed hero unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Visualizing The Afterlife In The Tombs Of Graeco Roman Egypt
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Author : Marjorie Susan Venit
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016
Visualizing The Afterlife In The Tombs Of Graeco Roman Egypt written by Marjorie Susan Venit and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Art categories.
This book explores the visual narratives of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (c.300 BCE-250 CE). The author contextualizes the tombs within their social, political, and religious context and considers how the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife.
Sophocles I Oedipus The King
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Sophocles I Oedipus The King written by Sophocles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with categories.