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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Oedipus King of Thebes. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Sophocles, which is……続きを見る

One of the few known plays of Sophocles, the great Greek tragedian, "The Trachinian Maidens" or "The Trachiniae" gives an insightful account of the wife of Hercules. Her name is Deianeira, and she s……続きを見る

This remarkably low-priced anthology brings together five of the greatest, most studied, and most performed Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation: • Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocle……続きを見る

CONTENTS PREFACE PREFATORY NOTE TO THE EDITION OF 1883 ANTIGONE AIAS KING OEDIPUS ELECTRA THE TRACHINIAN MAIDENS PHILOCTETES OEDIPUS AT COLONOS NOTES 続きを見る

Written around 442 BC, Antigone is one of the tragedies of the Sophocles's Oedipus Trilogy. Oedipus's family is trapped by fate and doomed for three generations. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has ……続きを見る

Oedipus, the banished king of Greek mythology who killed his father and married his mother, is the subject of Sophocles Oedipus Trilogy, a series of three tragedies that tell a connected story. Desp……続きを見る

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 Sophoc……続きを見る

Sophocles II contains the plays “Ajax,” translated by John Moore; “The Women of Trachis,” translated by Michael Jameson; “Electra,” translated by David Grene; “Philoctetes,” translated by David Gren……続きを見る

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' O……続きを見る

One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate……続きを見る

Sophocles was born in 495 B.C. into a wealthy family near Athens, and thus benefited from all the intellectual stimulation that Greece had to offer in its Golden Age. He studied the arts, and eventu……続きを見る

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 dramat……続きを見る

One of only seven surviving plays written by the great Greek tragedian Sophocles, "Philoctetes" follows the life of a unique and important man through his trials and triumphs. The only man willing t……続きを見る

Sophocles’ innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for h……続きを見る

Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, the late king of Thebes, in defiance of Creon who rules in his stead, resolves to bury her brother Polyneices, slain in his attack on Thebes. She is caught in the act ……続きを見る

Standing the ultimate test of time, the plays of Sophocles have towered over the rest of Greek tragedy for millennia. Oedipus endures as one of the greatest tragic creations of all time. This Comple……続きを見る

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles. There are seven surviving tragedies by Sophocles. Three of them form the Theban Plays,……続きを見る

Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line, a legendary leader spirals out of control. Inspired by Sophocles' classical play, Our Ajax draws on interviews with contemp……続きを見る

The Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles. 続きを見る

Oedipus The King Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians (497B.C.-406B.C.) This ebook presents «Oedipus The King», from Sophocles. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to th……続きを見る

Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians (497B.C.-406B.C.) This ebook presents «Oedipus Trilogy», from Sophocles. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the ……続きを見る

Philoctetes Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians (497B.C.-406B.C.) This ebook presents «Philoctetes», from Sophocles. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter ……続きを見る

Disregard for messages from the oracles and gods doesn't turn out well for characters in Greek stories, and Oedipus is no exception. Encompassing murder and betrayal, incest and patricide, this set ……続きを見る

Perhaps the most philosophical of the three Theban plays, "Oedipus at Colonus" continues the story begun in "Oedipus the King." Oedipus is a blind beggar, tainted by his past, and nearing the end of……続きを見る

Includes the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, collectively known as the Theban plays. Starting with Oedipus the King and ending with the ultimate sacrifice of Antigone, his d……続きを見る

I mean, what is Thebes? A theocracy? No. A meritocracy? Certainly not. A monarchy? Kind of. A patriarchy? Less and less so. Thebes is many things, and to revolutionise that? Well, how? From Oedipus ……続きを見る

When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's unruly brother, Antigone's anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death: she's to be buried alive. Acclaimed playwright ……続きを見る

These contemporary translations of four Greek tragedies speak across time and connect readers and audiences with universal themes of war, trauma, suffering, and betrayal. Under the direction of Brya……続きを見る

Oedipus is one of the most well known mythological figures of the ancient Greeks, and he was immortalized in Sophocles trilogy of plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles ……続きを見る

'It's a dreadful thing to yield...but resist now? Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? That's dreadful too.' The remarkable story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine. Introducing Little Blac……続きを見る