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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.

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 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.

Oedipus Tyrannus

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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2000-01-01

Oedipus Tyrannus written by Sophocles and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Drama categories.

Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff's collaboration on this new translation combines the strengths that have recently distinguished both as translators of Greek tragedy: expert knowledge of the Greek and of the needs of the teaching classicist, intimate knowledge of theatre, and an excellent ear for the spoken word. Their Oedipus Tyrannus features foot-of-the-page notes, an introduction, stage directions and a translation characterised by clarity, accuracy, and power.

Sophocles And Oedipus

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Author : Philip Vellacott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971

Sophocles And Oedipus written by Philip Vellacott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Literary Criticism categories.

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.

Oedipus The King

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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1978

Oedipus The King written by Sophocles and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Drama categories.

Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.

Oedipus Philosopher

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Author : Jean-Joseph Goux
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1993

Oedipus Philosopher written by Jean-Joseph Goux and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Philosophy categories.

If the logic of the Oedipus myth were subjected to rigorous and thoroughgoing analysis with the tools of anthropology, comparative mythology, and narratology, might it invalidate the approach to the 'Oedipus complex' that Freud derived from his psychoanalytic experience? This book answers 'yes', arguing that instead of the Oedipus complex explaining the myth, the Oedipus myth explains the complex. The author argues that the Oedipus myth is an historical anomaly, a myth of failed royal investiture or of avoided masculine initiation. Does this mean that we must return to the wisdom of tradition and strike out twenty-five centuries of Oedipal history? The author knows very well that such a solution would be fantasy, and he concludes by speculating on how his analysis might contribute to a vision that has eluded Freudian psychoanalysis: how to surpass the Oedipus complex, with all the ethical consequences this would entail.

Oedipus The King

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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07-30

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 2017-07-30 with categories.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Oedipus the King by Sophocles Oedipus the King by Sophocles 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 Oedipus at Colonus. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation. Of his three Theban plays that have survived, and that deal with the story of Oedipus, Oedipus Rex was the second to be written. However, in terms of the chronology of events that the plays describe, it comes first, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Prior to the start of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus has become the king of Thebes while unwittingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would kill his father, Laius (the previous king), and marry his mother, Jocasta (whom Oedipus took as his queen after solving the riddle of the Sphinx). The action of Sophocles' play concerns Oedipus' search for the murderer of Laius in order to end a plague ravaging Thebes, unaware that the killer he is looking for is none other than himself. At the end of the play, after the truth finally comes to light, Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus, horrified at his patricide and incest, proceeds to gouge out his own eyes in despair. Oedipus Rex is regarded by many scholars as the masterpiece of ancient Greek tragedy. In his Poetics, Aristotle refers several times to the play in order to exemplify aspects of the genre. Many parts or elements of the myth of Oedipus take place before the opening scene of the play. They may be described or referred to in the text. In his youth, Laius was a guest of King Pelops of Elis, and became the tutor of Chrysippus, youngest of the king's sons, in chariot racing. He then violated the sacred laws of hospitality by abducting and raping Chrysippus, who according to some versions, killed himself in shame. This murder cast a doom over Laius, his son Oedipus, and all of his other descendants. However, most scholars are in agreement that the seduction or rape of Chrysippus was a late addition to the Theban myth. A son is born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. After Laius learns from an oracle that "he is doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son", he tightly binds the feet of the infant together with a pin and orders Jocasta to kill the infant. Hesitant to do so, she orders a servant to commit the act for her. Instead, the servant takes the baby to a mountain top to die from exposure. A shepherd rescues the infant and names him Oedipus (or "swollen feet"). (The servant directly hands the infant to the shepherd in most versions.) The shepherd carries the baby with him to Corinth, where Oedipus is taken in and raised in the court of the childless King Polybus of Corinth as if he were his own.

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 critical guide to Oedipus rex, Sophocles' Greek tragedy which addresses questions about the power of fate.