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Fagles' translation is very readable and engaging. /Next 151 0 R /Contents 237 0 R >> >> 180 0 obj /Next 27 0 R /Parent 4 0 R 215 0 obj /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R << >> /Subtype /Type1 << The story of Oedipus has captured the human imagination as few others. /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R << >> 87 0 obj /Parent 4 0 R /ProcSet 3 0 R 37 0 obj But with Laius dead Oedipus the Tyrant is the story of a ruler destroyed by those qualities - pride, determination and belief in his own abilities - which made him ruler in the first place. endobj [ 294 0 R 370 0 R ] /Type /Page /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R >> /XObject << >> >> endobj 308 0 obj /Rotate 0 OEDIPUS: A thief, so daring, so wild, he'd kill a king? /OPBaseFont0 7 0 R /OPBaseFont2 12 0 R >> >> The final play in the Trilogy is Antigone - this title sees Oedipus offspring navigate the drama of a Civil War in Thebes. /ProcSet 3 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] >> /Type /Page endobj /Parent 4 0 R endobj /Parent 197 0 R 54 0 obj /Parent 4 0 R 141 0 obj >> /Title (Page 17) /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Title (Page 49) /Dest [ 95 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Next 130 0 R /ImagePart_15 58 0 R 223 0 obj /Parent 259 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] 169 0 obj /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R >> 124 0 obj << endobj << endobj /Parent 4 0 R endobj /Contents 296 0 R /Font << endobj >> << /Font << /Font << << 307 0 obj << /Next 115 0 R 130 0 obj >> >> /Rotate 0 /Resources 307 0 R /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R /Next 93 0 R << >> 17 0 obj /Resources 180 0 R endobj >> endobj /Type /Page << This review is about the Penguin Classics: Sophocles, the Three Theban Plays, translated by Robert Fagles. /Type /Encoding Borrow Listen. << 181 0 obj 51 0 obj 118 0 obj 187 0 obj endobj But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King of Corinth. /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R /Title (Page 29) Antigone, Oedipus the King,. >> /XObject << 245 0 obj [ 291 0 R 369 0 R ] << 109 0 obj [ 281 0 R 366 0 R ] 50 0 obj 53 0 obj << endobj /Resources 248 0 R /Type /Page 217 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] /Contents 299 0 R endobj 56 0 obj endobj /Type /Font endobj /Font << 279 0 obj 166 SOPHOCLES: THE THREE THEBAN PLAYS 167 [122-31 132-50] OEDIPUS THE KING CREON: He said thieves attacked them—a whole band, not single-handed, cut King Laius down. /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /Prev 72 0 R endobj /ImagePart_25 88 0 R /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R The Three Theban Plays: 'Antigone', 'Oedipus the King', 'Oedipus at Colonus' (Penguin Classics) pdf download, The Three Theban Plays:… endobj /Prev 54 0 R /Type /Page Arriving at Thebes he answered the riddle of the Sphinx and the grateful Thebans made their deliverer king. /Title (Page 46) /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R >> The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics) Translated by E. F. Watling This … /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] 9/12/2019 1369, a fragmentary papyrus copy of Oedipus Rex, 4th century BC. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. /ImagePart_23 82 0 R /ProcSet 3 0 R 258 0 obj >> << << /Height 2342 /Subtype /Image /Resources 319 0 R endobj ISBN 13: 9780140444254 ISBN 10: 0140444254 Paperback; E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.: Penguin Classics, January 3, 2000; ISBN-13: 978-0140444254 Oedipus in exile, searching for his identity and achieving immortality; his daughter, Antigone, defending her integrity and ideals to the death —these heroic figures have moved playgoers … 135 0 obj /ImagePart_26 91 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 348 562 ] /Rotate 0 endobj >> 298 0 obj /XObject << /Type /Page 301 0 obj In Antigone we see a woman who will defy human law, and die for it, rather than transgress the eternal, unwritten laws of the gods. >> [ 250 0 R 356 0 R ] /ProcSet 3 0 R endobj PDF The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus 2. /ProcSet 3 0 R /XObject << << >> >> /Parent 166 0 R /Type /Page [ 309 0 R 375 0 R ] [ 170 0 R 330 0 R ] Access full book title The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles, the book also available in ... his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters. endobj endobj << /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Prev 24 0 R /Rotate 0 /Dest [ 26 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Type /Page >> /Parent 228 0 R /Prev 142 0 R /ProcSet 3 0 R /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R endobj endobj endobj /Title (Page 9) /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] Essentials of Sociology Books a la Carte Edition, A Supposedly Fun Thing I ll Never Do Again, from the death of alexander i until the death of alexander iii 1825 1894, ecology diversity and sustainability of the middle rio grande basin, judische literatur und kultur in grossbritannien und den usa nach 1945, ecology and evolution of darwins finches princeton science library edition, ecology and evolution of darwin s finches princeton science library edition. << /Prev 39 0 R /BaseEncoding /WinAnsiEncoding 138 0 obj /Type /XObject /Rotate 0 Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family—Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus—are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. /Rotate 0 /Name /ImagePart_0 << /Font << /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R /ProcSet 3 0 R /Next 87 0 R /Font << endobj /Subtype /Type1 /Parent 4 0 R << /ImagePart_47 155 0 R /Contents 293 0 R /Contents 231 0 R >> ― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Sophocles' three Theban plays, Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are cornerstones of western civilization and dramatic history. 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Watling 1962, Penguin Classics in English, Ancient Greek 0140444254 9780140444254 cccc. /Next 63 0 R This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox. /Parent 228 0 R [ 235 0 R 351 0 R ] /Resources 208 0 R /Dest [ 104 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Next 136 0 R /ImagePart_46 152 0 R /Type /Page endobj /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Title (Page 34) Fast Download speed and ads Free! << /OPBaseFont6 37 0 R /Prev 63 0 R << /ProcSet 3 0 R /Dest [ 92 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Resources 174 0 R << /Parent 321 0 R Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written.This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox. /Dest [ 62 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Filter /JBIG2Decode /Resources 177 0 R Penguin Classics. /Prev 151 0 R 320 0 obj 248 0 obj /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] /Rotate 0 >> >> endobj >> >> The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. /ProcSet 3 0 R However, a translation by Professor Trypanis, who is not only a distinguished Classical scholar but also a much admired poet, is an event to be welcomed by both students of the Classics and lovers of literature and the stage. /Dest [ 108 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] >> 139 0 obj /Parent 4 0 R /OPBaseFont6 37 0 R 293 0 obj >> /ProcSet 3 0 R /ImagePart_24 85 0 R 178 0 obj /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] [ 204 0 R 341 0 R ] 197 0 obj >> /ImagePart_21 76 0 R 237 0 obj << /Name /OPBaseFont2 /Title (Page 12) /XObject << TABLE OF CONTENTS / ROBERT FAGLES CLASSICS 2013 PENGUIN GROUP (USA) Homer. /ImagePart_45 149 0 R endobj /Contents 243 0 R /Dest [ 33 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] endobj Three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. /ImagePart_7 31 0 R /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Contents 193 0 R >> >> /ProcSet 3 0 R /Resources 264 0 R endobj /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R /XObject << /Parent 290 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] /OPBaseFont5 36 0 R My favorite of the three plays was the "Antigone" because it grappled with the questions of just laws and the priority of the laws of God over those of man. /Resources 313 0 R /Count 51 << /ImagePart_13 52 0 R Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son. /Type /Page /Title (Page 27) /ProcSet 3 0 R endobj /XObject << /Parent 4 0 R /Parent 4 0 R >> /Subtype /Type1 /Type /Page >> >> /Contents 320 0 R endobj >> << /Parent 228 0 R /OPBaseFont6 37 0 R /Name /OPBaseFont1 /Contents 268 0 R 305 0 obj /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R /Rotate 0 endobj KING OEDIPUS tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he doesn't realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment on himself. /Title (Page 2) >> [ 247 0 R 355 0 R ] /Subtype /Type1 >> >> /Type /Page 304 0 obj /ProcSet 3 0 R It strikes the right tone and is abolutely my go-to version of this fantastic play. >> >> /Next 109 0 R >> endobj /Title (Page 3) It strikes the right tone and is abolutely my go-to version of this fantastic play. /Resources 168 0 R >> The Three Theban Plays (Penguin Classics) by Sophocles. >> /ProcSet 3 0 R /Parent 166 0 R /Type /Page BOOK ONE:Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. /Parent 4 0 R Wherefore he fled from what he deemed his father's house and in his flight he encountered and unwillingly slew his father Laius. << /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] << /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] /Parent 166 0 R /Contents 196 0 R << 39 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] Sophocles The Theban Plays Penguin Classics Pdf Compressor. /Dest [ 144 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Next 39 0 R /Parent 4 0 R endobj /Dest [ 47 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] Sophocles. /Dest [ 65 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Contents 265 0 R 121 0 obj /XObject << /Font << 66 0 obj /Parent 197 0 R Oedipus at Colonus has the elderly Oedipus, by now ostracised and distrusted by society at large for his earlier, unintended wrongdoing. << /ProcSet 3 0 R /Title (Page 41) E. F. Watling has recently published a new translation of the three plays, King Oedipus , Oedipus at Colonus , and Antigone ( The Theban... the tragedies produced by the creative genius of the Western /Parent 4 0 R >> OEDIPUS AT COLONUS provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while ANTIGONE depicts the fall of the next generation through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident in his own authority. endobj /Contents 246 0 R Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence. << >> >> << << >> /Parent 4 0 R << << /Next 90 0 R /Parent 259 0 R >> /XObject << << /Font << /Resources 226 0 R /Prev 27 0 R 319 0 obj /Font << 285 0 obj /Next 154 0 R 68 0 obj /Parent 290 0 R >> With so many translations of Sophocles' Theban plays available, another might seem superfluous. It strikes the right tone and is abolutely my go-to version of this fantastic play. /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R >> /ProcSet 3 0 R >> /Parent 166 0 R 32 0 obj 93 0 obj /Title (Page 26) /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R endobj >> /Font << /Type /Page >> [ 191 0 R 337 0 R ] >> /Dest [ 83 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /Prev 102 0 R /XObject << /Contents 283 0 R /XObject << /Prev 148 0 R /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R Trans. /Type /Page • • $ Sophocles. 231 0 obj >> endobj /Title (Page 23) /ProcSet 3 0 R /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R 42 0 obj 316 0 obj 21 0 obj /ImagePart_41 137 0 R endobj [ 210 0 R 343 0 R ] 41 0 obj 129 0 obj /XObject << /Count 10 /Font << /ProcSet 3 0 R << 133 0 obj /Title (Page 13) /Prev 66 0 R >> >> /Rotate 0 /Count 1 << Download for print-disabled Libraries near you: WorldCat. /Dest [ 53 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] 147 0 obj /Contents 314 0 R /Type /Page [ 225 0 R 348 0 R ] /Dest [ 98 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] endobj endobj /Rotate 0 /Type /Page /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] << endobj endobj /Type /Page << /OPBaseFont2 12 0 R The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. 45 0 obj It is a devastating portrayl of a ruler brought down by his own oath. /Parent 4 0 R >> /Subtype /Type1 /OPBaseFont1 11 0 R /Next 148 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] endobj /Contents 262 0 R endobj 172 0 obj endobj 236 0 obj 190 0 obj /Parent 197 0 R [ 167 0 R 329 0 R ] /ProcSet 3 0 R [ 287 0 R 368 0 R ] /Count 10 << >> /XObject << << /Prev 48 0 R endobj 101 0 obj << /Resources 195 0 R /Dest [ 71 0 R /XYZ 0 572 null ] /BaseFont /Helvetica /Contents 215 0 R << /Font << /Next 142 0 R endobj /OPBaseFont3 19 0 R endobj /Parent 4 0 R >> /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] endobj >> << endobj [ 272 0 R 363 0 R ] >> /Count 51 >> endobj PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES OEDIPUS THE KING OEDIPUS AT COLONUS ANTIGONE OEDIPUS THE KING Translation by F. Storr, BA Formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge From the Loeb Library Edition Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London First published in 1912 ARGUMENT To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to … 20 0 obj /Rotate 0 /MediaBox [ 0 0 703 572 ] 84 0 obj << The Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone - together these tell the tragic story of Oedipus the king of Thebes, and his daughter Antigone. The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle aginst fate. 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