Sophocles

The Theban Plays (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Watling, E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

King Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone

Three towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynasty

The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate. King Oedipus is the devastating portrayal of a ruler who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident of his own authority.

Translated with an Introduction by E. F. WATLING

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 1973
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141905648
• Artikelnr.: 38136725

Autorenporträt

Ruth Fainlight is a noted British poet, short story writer, translator and librettist. Among her many honors are a 1987 Hawthornden Fellowship and the 1994 Cholmondeley Award for Poetry. Her libretto for the Royal Opera House's Garden Venture program of new opera was short-listed for the Laurence Olivier Award in 1992. Robert J. Littman is a professor of classics at the University of Hawaii and author of numerous books and articles in classical studies, including The Greek Experiment: Imperialism and Social Crisis 800-400 B.C.

Inhaltsangabe

The Theban PlaysIntroduction
The Theban Legend
King Oedipus
The Legend Continued
Oedipus at Colonus
The Legend Continued
Antigone
Notes to King Oedipus
Notes to Oedipus at Colonus
Notes to Antigone