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Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Elektra is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg. Elektra masterfully explores the consequences of...

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This anthology brings together five of the greatest, most studied, and most performed Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation: - Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), in which the much-admired playwright explores the individual's search for truth and self-knowledge...

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Poetry. Drama. Translation from the Greek by Keyne Cheshire. Cheshire's translation inhabits the territory of American myth--the Wild West. With its harsh landscapes and larger- than-life heroes, it is a world both familiar and distant, a world that still resonates within the American psyche....

"Vengeance will be taken on the killer, then the land will be clean. The contamination will be washed away. The rains will come and the people will be healed." According to the Oracle, if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished...

Oedipus at Colonus is the third in Sophocles' trilogy of plays about the famous king of Thebes and his unhappy family. It dramatizes the mysterious death of Oedipus, by which he is transformed into an immortal hero protecting Athens. This was Sophocles' final play,...

Originally published in 1946, this book presents R. C. Trevelyan's English metrical translation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus. The translation was based upon the text published by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb in 1900. A short introduction by Trevelyan is also included. This book will...

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Oedipus at Colonus is the second play (chronologically) in Sophocles' Theban trilogy, following Oedipus Rex and preceding Antigone. It was written near the end of Sophocles' life and first performed posthumously in 401 BCE. The play continues the tragic story of Oedipus, now an...

Award-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone--together known as The Oedipus Cycle. One of the unquestionable acmes of world literature, Sophocles's immortal series of plays centers upon...

Experience the power of "Oedipus King of Thebes," a cornerstone of classical literature and Greek drama by Sophocles. This enduring Greek tragedy, "Oedipus Rex," explores themes of fate, free will, and the human condition with unmatched intensity. Translated into English rhyming verse and featuring...

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg. Praised by Aristotle as...

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus at Kolonos is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg. Oedipus at Kolonos continues...

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'...

The second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex", or "Oedipus the King", is the drama which chronologically begins the Oedipus cycle. After Laius, King of Thebes, learns from an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son,...

The first drama in the Oedipus Trilogy, "Oedipus Rex", is the tragic tale of Oedipus who has accidentally killed his father and married his mother. One of the most widely read of all Greek tragedies, "Oedipus Rex", stands as one of not only the...

Sophocles' finest play is considered by many to be the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies.Author: SophoclesISBN-10: 1722503866ISBN-13: 9781722503864Publisher: G&D MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2023Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.26d

Author: SophoclesISBN-13: 9798897183449Publisher: Lushena BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2025Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d

Oedipus Rex (or Oedipus the King) is a tragedy by Sophocles, first performed around 429 BCE. It is one of the most famous works of Greek drama and a central text in the study of fate, free will, and tragic downfall. It tells the...

Few works have travelled as far, cut as deep, or exerted such gravitational pull on world culture as Oedipus Rex. Sophocles' tragedy is one of the foundations of storytelling itself -- the first great drama of knowledge and consequence, echoing through writers from Freud...

The second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex," or "Oedipus the King," is the drama which chronologically begins the Oedipus cycle. After Laius, King of Thebes, learns from an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son,...

The plot of the play consists of nothing other than the gradual rising and artistically protracted revelation--similar to the work of psychoanalysis--that Oedipus is himself the murderer of Laius, but also the son of the murdered man and Jocasta. King Oedipus, who has slain...

Presents a new version of the Greek classic drama as adapted for a modern theatrical performance.Author: SophoclesISBN-10: 0816606676ISBN-13: 9780816606672Publisher: University of Minnesota PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/1972Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.59w x 0.22dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.6Point Value: 2Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 43295 /...

The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Plays for Performance Series.Author: SophoclesISBN-10: 1566633087ISBN-13: 9781566633086Publisher: Ivan R. Dee PublisherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2000Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

The famed Athenian tragedy in which Oedipus's own faults contribute to his tragic downfall. A great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex, King Oedipus puts out a sentence on...

Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of western drama. Taken as a model by Aristotle in his Poetics, it became a yardstick...

Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical ScholarshipOne noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder -- the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy.This Enriched Classic Edition includes: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information Timelines of significant events in Greek history and...

Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two essential plays in the development of Greek tragedy-Oedipus the King and Antigone-for performance and study. The editor's introduction contains a brief biography of the playwright and a description of...

Oedipus the King * Aias * Philoctetes * Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. In these four tragedies he portrays the extremes of...

An updated stand-alone edition of Sophocles's Oedipus the King taken from Chicago's renowned translations of the Greek tragedies. Over the years, David Grene and Richmond Lattimore's Complete Greek Tragedies have been the preferred translations of millions of readers--for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered...

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered...

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"A brilliant new edition and translation! Wilson gives us an eminently contemporary version of Sophocles' play, whose tonalities have one ear pitched to the stateliness of the ancient Greek and another to a terse English vernacular. With an introduction that condenses a long tradition...

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Oedipus Tyrannus, Electra, And Antigone Of Sophocles is a collection of three plays written by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. The book was first published in 1897 and includes translations of the plays by Sir George Young.The first play, Oedipus Tyrannus, tells the story...

Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, Electra, and Antigone (1897) is a collection of three plays by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. The first play, Oedipus Tyrannus, tells the story of the king of Thebes, who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, only to discover...

"Oedipus, King of Thebes," a timeless tragedy penned by Sophocles, unravels the gripping tale of a man destined to fulfill a tragic prophecy. Oedipus, propelled by a relentless quest for truth, unwittingly embarks on a journey that leads him to confront the darkest secrets...

Oedipus, King of Thebes is a tragic play written by Sophocles in 429 BC. The play tells the story of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, who unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Upon discovering the truth,...

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Philoctetes is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. The play tells the story of Philoctetes, a Greek warrior who was abandoned on the island of Lemnos by his comrades after he was bitten by a snake and his wound became infected. Ten years later,...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...

Philoctetes is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in the 5th century BC. The plot revolves around the mythological hero Philoctetes, who was abandoned on the island of Lemnos by his fellow Greeks after being bitten by a snake. Philoctetes possesses the bow and...

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Philoketes is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet James Scully. A powerful tale born out of...

Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Of all the surviving plays, the tragedies of the Oedipus...

Sophocle's AJAX, for the first time ever, is correctly formatted adhering to the strict guidelines established by Walter Schenck's award-winning research manual: How to Properly Format a Stage Play. Schenck offers in this collection four outstanding translations from Greek into English by world renown...

Sophocles' tragedies--from Antigone to Oedipus Tyrannus--are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Yet most translations sacrifice the poetry to convey only the sense of the lines as dramatic speech. This is the first book in English to present Sophocles exclusively as...

Sophocles' Antigone is a classic Greek tragedy that tells the story of Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, who defies the orders of her uncle, King Creon, and buries her brother Polynices, who has been declared a traitor to the state. Antigone believes that she...