Oedipus the King

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Oedipus the King

A New Translation

Creative writing and creative writing guides Classic and pre-20th century plays

Author: Sophocles

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Language: English

Published by: Harper Perennial

Published on: 7th August 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 561 Kb

ISBN: 9780062132093


Award–winning poet Robert Bagg presents a dynamic translation of Sophocles’s celebrated play of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King.

Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles. The ancient world’s most shocking and memorable tragedy, it is the story of Thebes’s resilient hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, manipulation of the Olympian gods, and all-too-human weakness.

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