Oedipus at Colonus Paperback / softback
by Sophocles
Part of the Wisconsin Studies in Classics series
Paperback / softback
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Oedipus at Colonus is the third in Sophocles' trilogy of plays about the famous king of Thebes and his unhappy family.
It dramatizes the mysterious death of Oedipus, by which he is transformed into an immortal hero protecting Athens.
This was Sophocles' final play, written in his mid-eighties and produced posthumously.
Translator David Mulroy's introduction and notes deepen the reader's understanding of Oedipus' character and the real political tumult that was shaking Athens at the time that Sophocles wrote the play.Oedipus at Colonus is at once a complex study of a tragic character, an indictment of Athenian democracy, and a subtle endorsement of hope for personal immortality. As in his previous translations of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, Mulroy combines scrupulous scholarship and textual accuracy with a fresh poetic style.
He uses iambic pentameter for spoken passages and short rhymed stanzas for choral songs, resulting in a text that is accessible and fun to read and perform.
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- Pages:114 pages
- Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication Date:06/01/2015
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- ISBN:9780299302542
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:114 pages
- Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication Date:06/01/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780299302542
