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2) Oedipus Rex
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English
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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...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The ancient myth of Oedipus, which still reverberates to this day, provided Sophocles with material for three great tragedies -- Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone -- that together recount the downfall of Oedipus, king of Thebes, his death in exile, and the action carried out after his death by his daughter Antigone"--Page 4 of cover
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The play tells the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone. Oedipus the King recounts the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, a man, who out of stubborn pride, must know the truth at all costs.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"This anthology volume offers a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from Chicago's nine-volume Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these authorative, critically accaimed editions have been the preferred choice of readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use. the third edition updates the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while...
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