Oedipus Tyrannus - a New Translation by Sophocles
The great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex. King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of incidents, Oedipus learns that he was the assassin and that Jocasta, his wife, is also his mother.Sophocles is one of just three ancient Greek tragedians whose works have survived to this day. Only seven of Sophocles' plays have been preserved in their entirety: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393043075 |
| ISBN 10 | 039304307X |
| Title | Oedipus Tyrannus - a New Translation |
| Author | Sophocles |
| Series | Norton Critical Editions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1970-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 261 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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