Oedipus And Alcibiades In Sophocles

Author : Michael Vickers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
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Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492924

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Sophocles and Alcibiades by Michael Vickers Pdf

Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals is purely coincidental. In this book, Michael Vickers challenges this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians of his day.Vickers shows that Sophocles was no closeted intellectual but a man deeply involved in politics and he reminds us that Athenian politics was intensely personal. He argues cogently that classical writers employed hidden meanings and that consciously or sub-consciously, Sophocles was projecting onto his plays hints of contemporary events or incidents, mostly of a political nature, hoping that his audience's passion for politics would enhance the popularity of his plays. Vickers strengthens his case about Sophocles by discussing other authors - Thucydides, Plato and Euripides - in whom he also demonstrates a body of allusions to Alcibiades and others.

Author : Michael Vickers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8323118841

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Oedipus and Alcibiades in Sophocles by Michael Vickers Pdf

Author : Frederick Ahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)
ISBN : UCSC:32106010787551

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Sophocles' Oedipus by Frederick Ahl Pdf

Author : Bernard Knox
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300074239

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Oedipus at Thebes by Bernard Knox Pdf

Examines the way in which Sophocles' play "Oedipus Tyrannus" and its hero, Oedipus, King of Thebes, were probably received in their own time and place, and relates this to twentieth-century receptions and interpretations, including those of Sigmund Freud.

Author : Sophocle
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 74 pages
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Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9791041816521

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Oedipus The King by Sophocle Pdf

Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípoːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.[1] Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus (Οἰδίπους), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from Oedipus at Colonus, a later play by Sophocles. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation.[2][3][4] Of Sophocles' three Theban plays that have survived, and that deal with the story of Oedipus, Oedipus Rex was the second to be written, following Antigone by about a dozen years. However, in terms of the chronology of events described by the plays, it comes first, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Prior to the start of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus has become the king of Thebes while unwittingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would kill his father, Laius (the previous king), and marry his mother, Jocasta (whom Oedipus took as his queen after solving the riddle of the Sphinx). The action of Sophocles's play concerns Oedipus's search for the murderer of Laius in order to end a plague ravaging Thebes, unaware that the killer he is looking for is none other than himself. At the end of the play, after the truth finally comes to light, Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus, horrified at his patricide and incest, proceeds to gouge out his own eyes in despair. In his Poetics, Aristotle refers several times to the play in order to exemplify aspects of the genre.

Author : Michael Vickers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317492917

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Sophocles and Alcibiades by Michael Vickers Pdf

Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals is purely coincidental. In this book, Michael Vickers challenges this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians of his day.Vickers shows that Sophocles was no closeted intellectual but a man deeply involved in politics and he reminds us that Athenian politics was intensely personal. He argues cogently that classical writers employed hidden meanings and that consciously or sub-consciously, Sophocles was projecting onto his plays hints of contemporary events or incidents, mostly of a political nature, hoping that his audience's passion for politics would enhance the popularity of his plays. Vickers strengthens his case about Sophocles by discussing other authors - Thucydides, Plato and Euripides - in whom he also demonstrates a body of allusions to Alcibiades and others.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1715
Category : Greek drama (Tragedy)
ISBN : CHI:14845073

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Oedipus, King of Thebes by Sophocles Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780190669447

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Author : Sophocles
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780299302542

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Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles Pdf

Oedipus at Colonus follows Oedipus Rex and Antigone in the trilogy of Greek dramas about the king of Thebes and his unhappy family. David Mulroy's translation combines scrupulous scholarship and textual accuracy with a fresh verse style, and his introduction and notes deepen the reader's understanding of the play and the politics of Sophocles' Athens.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521851770

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Sophocles: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Pdf

A revised edition of the bestselling commentary on this most important of ancient plays.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:49015000514696

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles Pdf

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.

Author : Andreas Markantonatos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110920482

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Oedipus at Colonus by Andreas Markantonatos Pdf

This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues. Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles’ Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices. The book won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781416500339

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles Pdf

Frequently reprinted with the same ISBN but with slightly varying bibliographical details.

Author : Adrian Kelly
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472519726

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Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus by Adrian Kelly Pdf

In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices, in his coming attack on Thebes, manifesting once more the passion and harshness which mark his character so thoroughly. His mysterious death at the end of the play, witnessed only by Theseus himself, seems the sole fitting end for such an exceptional and problematic figure, transforming Oedipus into one of the 'powerful dead' whose beneficence towards Athens heralds a positive future for the city. This useful companion provides background, context, a synopsis and detailed analysis of the play.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681464053

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Oedipus at Colonos by Sophocles Pdf

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered Oedipus's feet to be bound together, and pierced with a stake. Afterwards, the baby was given to a herdsman who was told to kill him. Unable to go through with his orders, he instead gave the child to a second herdsman who took the infant, Oedipus, to the king of Corinth, Polybus. Polybus adopted Oedipus as his son. Oedipus was raised as the crown prince of Corinth. Many years later Oedipus was told that Polybus was not his real father. Seeking the truth, he sought counsel from an Oracle and thus started the greatest tragedy ever written. The middle of the three Theban plays, 'Oedipus at Colonos' (Colonus) describes the end of Oedipus' tragic life, during which the blinded Oedipus discusses his fate as related by the oracle, and claims that he is not fully guilty.