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Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) by Roger D. Dawe is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) about?
"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth. To make Oedipus more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. We hope that the reader may, through this edition, more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama.
Who reads Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Roger D. Dawe
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521245432
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, American Poetry
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