Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus
- ISBN-10
- 0521010721
- ISBN-13
- 9780521010726
- Series
- Sophocles
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-12-11
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Sophocles
Description
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Oedipus Tyrannus is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play, commentary alongside translation for easy reference and a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Oedipus Tyrannus is aimed primarily at A-level and undergraduate students in the UK, and college students in North America.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Oedipus the King
By SophoclesThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
-
Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus
By SophoclesThis edition of Oedipus Tyrannus is abridged from the full edition and differs mainly in the omission of an English translation. It contains an introduction, the Greek text and commentary...
-
Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. Criticism
By SophoclesThe text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. 'Passages from Ancient Authors' includes selections from Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague, and Euripedes' Phoenissae.
-
Oedipus Trilogy: New Versions of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
By SophoclesHere are Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone in fresh new versions for contemporary readers and audiences.
-
Oedipus the King
By SophoclesDramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.
-
Oedipus Rex
By SophoclesMasterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies impact of agonizing events. Sophocles' finest play, Oedipus Rex ranks as a towering landmark of Western drama. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
-
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus: Greek Text with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary
By Geoffrey D. SteadmanEach page of the commentary includes 15 lines of Greek verse (Francis Storr's 1912 edition) with all corresponding vocabulary and grammar notes below the Greek.
-
Oedipus Rex
By SophoclesThe story of the mythological king, who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother, has resonated in world culture for almost 2,500 years.
-
Oedipus Rex: Oedipus the King
By Sophocles, E. H. PlumptreThe first drama in the Oedipus Trilogy, "Oedipus Rex", is the tragic tale of Oedipus who has accidentally killed his father and married his mother.
-
Two Faces of Oedipus: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Seneca's Oedipus
By Sophocles, SenecaThis book brings two dramatic traditions into conversation while providing elegant, accurate, and exciting new versions of Sophocles' and Seneca's tragedies.