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Books with title The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    (Plume, May 1, 1996)
    A collection that includes the complete texts of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone—translated by Paul Roche.Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder.William Carlos Williams called the Roche translation of Antigone “brilliantly successful...as spirited and powerful as the original must have been.” Roche's versions of the Oedipus plays are both stunning and sympathetic, awe-inspiring and intimate, and bring the elemental myths of ancient Greece to life for modern readers.Included in this edition are a glossary of classical names, notes on pronunciation and meter, suggestions for production and acting, and historical material, which offer the reader a greater appreciation of Sophocles' dramatic genius.
  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Paul (translator) Sophocles; Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Mentor, March 15, 1963)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles

    School & Library Binding (San Val, March 1, 2009)
    To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King or Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son.
  • Oedipus The King: Sophocles

    Sophocles, F. Storr

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, July 3, 2018)
    Sophocles: Oedipus The King translated by F. Storr. First published in 1912. Classic Greek Tragedy. Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King of Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son. Afterwards doubting his parentage he inquired of the Delphic god and heard himself the word declared before to Laius. Wherefore he fled from what he deemed his father's house and in his flight he encountered and unwillingly slew his father Laius. Arriving at Thebes he answered the riddle of the Sphinx and the grateful Thebans made their deliverer king. So he reigned in the room of Laius, and espoused the widowed queen. Children were born to them and Thebes prospered under his rule, but again a grievous plague fell upon the city. Again the oracle was consulted and it bade them purge themselves of blood-guiltiness. Oedipus denounces the crime of which he is unaware, and undertakes to track out the criminal. Step by step it is brought home to him that he is the man. The closing scene reveals Jocasta slain by her own hand and Oedipus blinded by his own act and praying for death or exile.
  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Hardcover (mentor, July 6, 1958)
    "In vivid, poetic language, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy."
  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
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  • SOPHOCLES THE THEBAN PLAYS

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    Unknown Binding (PENGUIN, Feb. 24, 1956)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
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  • The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles / Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone

    Sophocles, Paul Roche

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Sept. 1, 1958)
    The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles / Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone (Mentor Classic) [mass_market] Sophocles,Paul Roche [Sep 01, 1958]