Oedipus the King : a new verse translation / Sophocles ; translated by David Kovacs.
"Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristotle's Poetics, which cites the play more often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, w...
| Uniform Title: | Oedipus Rex.
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| Language: | English |
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Greek, Modern (1453-) |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Physical Description: | ix, 108 pages ; 20 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 1. Sophocles and the great age of Athenian tragedy
- 1a. What we know of Sophocles' life
- 1b. How to avoid turning Sophocles into the wrong kind of classic
- 2. The conditions of tragic performance in the fifth century BC
- 3. The divine dimension: on not misunderstanding Sophocles' Oedipus the King
- 3a. The role of Apollo in what happens before the play opens
- 3b. Apollo at work within the play
- 3c. Some general considerations in favour of an active Apollo
- 3d. How much pure coincidence is there in Oedipus the King?
- 3e. What was Apollo's reason for ruining Oedipus?
- 3f. Justifying the ways of God to man
- 4. A further source of confusion: Sophocles' manipulation of the plot
- 5. The ending
- 5a. The scene with the daughters
- 5b. Why is Oedipus made to re-enter the palace?
- 6. The translation: its aims and methods
- 7. A note on the Greek text: departures from Lloyd-Jones and Wilson, Sophoclis Fabulae (second impression, Oxford 1992).