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Oedipus the King (English and Ancient Greek Edition) 🔍
Sophocles; Bagg, Robert Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1982
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An Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus, as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from another of Sophocles's plays, Oedipus at Colonus. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation
Alternative title
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos)
Alternative author
Sophocles.; Robert Bagg; NetLibrary, Inc
Alternative author
by Sophocles; translated by Robert Bagg
Alternative publisher
Ebsco Publishing
Alternative edition
United States, United States of America
Alternative edition
Amherst, Massachusetts, 1982
Alternative edition
First Edition, 1982
metadata comments
[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20181204194830[/date]
metadata comments
Translation of: Oidipous Tyrranos.
Alternative description
Oedipus Rex chronicles the story of Oedipus, a man that becomes the king of Thebes and was always destined from birth to murder his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. The play is an example of a classic tragedy, noticeably containing an emphasis on how Oedipus's own faults contribute to the tragic hero's downfall, as opposed to having fate be the sole cause. Over the centuries, Oedipus Rex has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence.
Alternative description
1 online resource (84 pages)
Translation of: Oidipous Tyrranos
Print version record
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
digitized 2010
Alternative description
<p>The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Plays for Performance Series.</p>
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2023-06-28
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