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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789160803321

Autore

Sophocles

Titolo

Oedipus trilogy : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone / / Sophocles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Auckland, N.Z.] : , : The Floating Press, , 1912

ISBN

1-77556-341-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

StorrF

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Greek drama (Tragedy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

Oedipus the King is Sophocles' legendary rendition of the myth of the great king Oedipus, perhaps the best known of all of the Greek Tragedies. When an oracle foretells that the young prince Oedipus will grow up to murder his father he is cast out of the kingdom by the king who hopes by doing so that he will avoid his fate. Oedipus grows up and many years later, not knowing his own identity, or the identity of his father, meets him at a crossroad where they argue and the king...