Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, So...
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Jan 05, 2010
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Your Name: Claire Holleran
Date: 1/3/09
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus (Oedipus the King)
-Creon (Oedipus the King) (Antigone)
-Jocasta (Oedipus the King)
-Teiresias (Oedipus the King) (Antigone)
-Antigone (Antigone)
-Ismene (Antigone)
-Haemon (Antigone)
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Your Name: Claire Holleran
Date: 1/3/09
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus (Oedipus the King)
-Creon (Oedipus the King) (Antigone)
-Jocasta (Oedipus the King)
-Teiresias (Oedipus the King) (Antigone)
-Antigone (Antigone)
-Ismene (Antigone)
-Haemon (Antigone)
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Jan 05, 2010
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Your Name: Julie Barnard
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus
Anitgone
Creon
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.):
play
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Greece
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Your Name: Julie Barnard
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus
Anitgone
Creon
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play
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Greece
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Olivia Gacka
Date: 1/4/09
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus (Oedipus the King), Antigone (Antigone), Ismane (Antigone), Creon (Oedipus the King and Antigone) Haemon (Antigone)
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Drama, Tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Your Name: Olivia Gacka
Date: 1/4/09
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus (Oedipus the King), Antigone (Antigone), Ismane (Antigone), Creon (Oedipus the King and Antigone) Haemon (Antigone)
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Drama, Tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Jan 04, 2010
Your Name: Morgan O'Donnell
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-King Oedipus: Oedipus, Jocasta, Teiresias, and Creon
-Antigone: Creon, Antigone, and Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
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-King Oedipus: takes place in ancient Greece specifically Thebes
-Antigone: also takes place in ancient Thebes, Greece
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Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-King Oedipus: Oedipus, Jocasta, Teiresias, and Creon
-Antigone: Creon, Antigone, and Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
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-King Oedipus: takes place in ancient Greece specifically Thebes
-Antigone: also takes place in ancient Thebes, Greece
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Jan 04, 2010
Name: Stephanie Hogan
Date: January 4, 2010
The Theban Plays King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone
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King Oedipus – Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias
Antigone – Antigone, Creon, Haemon, Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Date: January 4, 2010
The Theban Plays King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone
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King Oedipus – Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias
Antigone – Antigone, Creon, Haemon, Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Maggie Evans
Date: January 4, 2010 Monday
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- Antigone
- Creon
- Ismene
- Oedipus
- The Chorus
- Teirisias
- Jocasta
- Haemon
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play and tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Maria Hershey
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
King Oedipus - Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta
Antigone - Creon, Haemon, Antigone, Ismane
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.):
play
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Thebes, ancient Greek city
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Your Name: Maria Hershey
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
King Oedipus - Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta
Antigone - Creon, Haemon, Antigone, Ismane
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play
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Thebes, ancient Greek city
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Jan 04, 2010
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Katie Muniz
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta,Teiresias, the Chorus. Antigone: Antigone, Creon, Ismene, Hemon, Teiresias.
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.):Play
Setting: Thebes, Greece
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Your Name: Katie Muniz
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta,Teiresias, the Chorus. Antigone: Antigone, Creon, Ismene, Hemon, Teiresias.
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.):Play
Setting: Thebes, Greece
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Jan 04, 2010
Your Name: Caylene Parrish
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus(both Oedipus the King and Antigone)King of Thebes in first play
Creon (both Oedipus the King and Antigone)King of Thebes in Antigone, brother of Jocasta, Oedipus' wife/mother
Haemon (The final play, Antigone) son of Creon, engaged to Antigone
Teiresias(both Oedipus the King and More...
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus(both Oedipus the King and Antigone)King of Thebes in first play
Creon (both Oedipus the King and Antigone)King of Thebes in Antigone, brother of Jocasta, Oedipus' wife/mother
Haemon (The final play, Antigone) son of Creon, engaged to Antigone
Teiresias(both Oedipus the King and More...
Jan 04, 2010
Your Name: Francesca Cicileo
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone: Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Teiresias
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play and tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone: Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Teiresias
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play and tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Jan 04, 2010
TOPICS TO COVER: Kind Oedipus and Antigone
Your Name: Ally Corbi
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus: King, father of Antigone & Isme
- Jocasta: Wife& Mother to Oedipus...Sister to Creon
-Creon: King in Antigone..Oedipus' uncle & brother-in-law
-Antigone: Daughter of Oedipus...Sister of Ismeme
-Ismeme: Daughter of Oedipus...Sister More...
Your Name: Ally Corbi
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus: King, father of Antigone & Isme
- Jocasta: Wife& Mother to Oedipus...Sister to Creon
-Creon: King in Antigone..Oedipus' uncle & brother-in-law
-Antigone: Daughter of Oedipus...Sister of Ismeme
-Ismeme: Daughter of Oedipus...Sister More...
Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Maggie Perkal
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus, Antigone, Creon
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
Setting: Greece
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Jan 04, 2010
Review "The Theban Plays" by Sophocles.
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Maghan Meyers
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, the blind prophet (Teiresias. Antigone: Antigone, Creon
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
Setting: Thebes, a Greek city-state with a King. This town had undergone a period of tragedy until Oediopus came and solved the riddle More...
Your Name: Maghan Meyers
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon, the blind prophet (Teiresias. Antigone: Antigone, Creon
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
Setting: Thebes, a Greek city-state with a King. This town had undergone a period of tragedy until Oediopus came and solved the riddle More...
Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Gianna Ciminello
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus,Antigone, Creon, Jocasta, Chorus, Teiresias, Theseus, Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
Setting: Thebes
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Your Name: Gianna Ciminello
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters): Oedipus,Antigone, Creon, Jocasta, Chorus, Teiresias, Theseus, Ismene
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): play
Setting: Thebes
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Oct 05, 2011
Audrie
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Since this edition of the stories comes in a threesome, I had to give it the four-star rating based on my impression of all the stories. Here's the break down:
Oedipus Rex-Okay...this play is definitely gross. It has a wonderful theme and I enjoyed writing the essay for my honors class but I'm sorry, it still involved mother-son incest and patricide/regicide. For my class that was one of the hardest things to overlook and it really distracted me and my classmates from the rest of the pl More...
Oedipus Rex-Okay...this play is definitely gross. It has a wonderful theme and I enjoyed writing the essay for my honors class but I'm sorry, it still involved mother-son incest and patricide/regicide. For my class that was one of the hardest things to overlook and it really distracted me and my classmates from the rest of the pl More...
Aug 04, 2011
Edward
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Most English translations of, say, the Greek New Testament are shepherded by a conviction that the original words had divine inspiration and so are best rendered verbatim wherever possible. At the same time, there generally is a concession (for good or ill) to the reality that if what results is not sufficiently lofty and reverential in tone, the faithful are unlikely to accept it. Attempts at classical Greek drama and poetry tend to be guided by rather different considerations: The translator's
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Jul 26, 2011
Rachel
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This book includes 3 plays written by Sophocles. However, the plays are not put in chronological order in this edition. Rather, they are placed in the order that they were originally written. In order to read these plays chronologically, one should read King Oidipous, Oidipous at Colonus, and then Antigone. These plays are pretty good. They didn't "wow" me, but that could be because I have either read some of these plays before or have heard versions of them in other places. Also, ther
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Jan 05, 2010
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Your Name: Lizza Chapey
Date: 1/4/2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
king Oedipus- Oedipus- Creon – Jocasta- Teriesias - chorus
Antigone- Antigone- Creon- Haemon- Ismane- chorus
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- Play and tragedy
Setting: the setting was in Thebes
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Jan 05, 2010
Tiffany
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Main Characters in the Text:
Oedipus- The protagonist of Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus the king -Jocasta - Oedipus’s wife and mother, and Creon’s sister.
Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Creon - Oedipus’s brother-in-law
Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Antigone - Child of Oedipus and Jocasta
Oedipus the king, Antigone-Tiresias - the blind seer of Thebes
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Main Characters in the Text:
Oedipus- The protagonist of Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus the king -Jocasta - Oedipus’s wife and mother, and Creon’s sister.
Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Creon - Oedipus’s brother-in-law
Oedipus the king, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone- Antigone - Child of Oedipus and Jocasta
Oedipus the king, Antigone-Tiresias - the blind seer of Thebes
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Jan 04, 2010
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Your Name: Mikaela Fitzwilliam
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon,Jocasta, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone:
Antigone
Ismane
Creon
Chorus
Heamon
Teiresias
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Play - tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Your Name: Mikaela Fitzwilliam
Date: 1/4/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):Oedipus the King: Oedipus, Creon,Jocasta, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone:
Antigone
Ismane
Creon
Chorus
Heamon
Teiresias
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Play - tragedy
Setting: Thebes
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Jan 05, 2010
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Your Name: Jessica Ciaccia
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King:
-Oedipus
-Jocasta
-Creon
-Teiresias
-Chorus
Antigone:
-Ismene
-Antigone
-Haemon
-Creon
-Teiresias
-Chorus
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Your Name: Jessica Ciaccia
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King:
-Oedipus
-Jocasta
-Creon
-Teiresias
-Chorus
Antigone:
-Ismene
-Antigone
-Haemon
-Creon
-Teiresias
-Chorus
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Jan 04, 2010
Bella
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Your Name: Bella Mazzola
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King- Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone- Antigone, Haemon, Creon, Ismene, Chorus
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Play/ Tragedy
Setting: Thebes, Greece
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Your Name: Bella Mazzola
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
Oedipus the King- Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Teiresias, Chorus
Antigone- Antigone, Haemon, Creon, Ismene, Chorus
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.): Play/ Tragedy
Setting: Thebes, Greece
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Jan 04, 2010
Alison
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Your Name: Alison Breitenbach
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus
-Jocasta
-Creon
-Tireasis
-Chorus
Genre of the work (play, novel, poem, etc.):
-play and tragedy
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- In Thebes 496-406B.C
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Your Name: Alison Breitenbach
Date: January 4, 2010
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
-Oedipus
-Jocasta
-Creon
-Tireasis
-Chorus
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-play and tragedy
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- In Thebes 496-406B.C
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Jan 04, 2010
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King Oedipus
Antigone
Your Name: Ana Lo
Date: 1/04/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
• King Oedipus
o Oedipus
o Jocosta
o Teiresias
o Creon
o The Chorus
• Anigone
o Antigone
o Creon
o Ismene
o Haemon
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- The Cit More...
King Oedipus
Antigone
Your Name: Ana Lo
Date: 1/04/10
Main Characters in the Text (if there are multiple works within one text, name the work, followed by the characters):
• King Oedipus
o Oedipus
o Jocosta
o Teiresias
o Creon
o The Chorus
• Anigone
o Antigone
o Creon
o Ismene
o Haemon
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- A Play
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- The Cit More...
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Nov 09, 2009
Sam
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This is the first book in David and my three book reading program on Greek history and culture. We decided to read three books about the same time period in ancient Greece. We are focusing on how the Greeks explained human behavior. This was a great book to start with. It has a decent explanation of the Greek plays and where they came from and how they operated and who attended and etc. This was very useful, but in this version could have been a little better with more analysis on the cultural i
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Dec 27, 2011
Antony
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There's something rotten in the city-state of Thebes.
I read this "trilogy" of plays over several years from the end of high school to the end of university. I studied "Antigone" in Grade 12, then "Oedipus the King" as part of a classics English course and "Oedipus at Colonus" as part of a Philosophy and Literature course. I have always employed the story of "Oedipus the King" and some of Aristotle's commentary on it as part of my teac More...
I read this "trilogy" of plays over several years from the end of high school to the end of university. I studied "Antigone" in Grade 12, then "Oedipus the King" as part of a classics English course and "Oedipus at Colonus" as part of a Philosophy and Literature course. I have always employed the story of "Oedipus the King" and some of Aristotle's commentary on it as part of my teac More...
Mar 17, 2010
Jamillah
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In Sophocles edition of Oedipus, he portrayed Oedipus as a man who prided himself as the most rational and intelligent man in Thebes, who really is a mad man deep down inside who is halted by his three essential flaws of hubris, rage, and madness on his search for truth and the journey to discover his true self. Although Oedipus believes that he is most rational man in Thebes, he cannot see what is right in front of him. There are many ironic instances where Oedipus makes jokes about the murder
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Sep 20, 2011
Kaion
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Thematically, I don't have tons to add that I didn't already say about Oedipus Rex on its own (which I read the Bernard Knox version a few years ago), which basically boiled down to that I'm on the 'oracles speak the truth, they don't make it' side of the argument. And the only other Greek play I think I've read was Aristophanes's The Clouds, so I feel sufficiently uneducated as how to judge these. So just general comments on the other two plays (this time I read Paul Roche*'s version of all thr
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