Name: Oedipus the King
ISBN: 9780062132086

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Fate and Frailty

Divine manipulation and human weakness give this celebrated Greek tragedy its enduring tension.

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A layered clash of fate, divine force, and human weakness
The enduring intensity of ancient Greek drama

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A vivid new translation by poet Robert Bagg
A serious tragedy that brings human frailty into sharp focus

Book Details

Authors: Sophocles
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: August 7, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: French Plays · Playwriting
Reading lane: French Plays

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French Plays
Classical Plays
Ancient Greece
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About This Book

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg. Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is the ancient world’s most shocking and memorable tragedy; the story of Thebes’s resilient hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, manip...

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Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg. Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is the ancient world’s most shocking and memorable tragedy; 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. This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation.