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Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Oedipus at Colonus is the third in Sophocles' trilogy of plays about the famous king of Thebes and his unhappy family. It dramatizes the mysterious death of Oedipus, by which he is transformed into an immortal hero protecting Athens. This was Sophocles' final play, written in his mid-eighties and produced posthumously. Translator David Mulroy's introduction and notes deepen the reader's understanding of Oedipus' character and the real political tumult that was shaking Athens at the time that Sophocles wrote the play. Oedipus at Colonus is at once a complex study of a tragic character, an indictment of Athenian democracy, and a subtle endorsement of hope for personal immortality.             As in his previous translations of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, Mulroy combines scrupulous scholarship and textual accuracy with a fresh poetic style. He uses iambic pentameter for spoken passages and short rhymed stanzas for choral songs, resulting in a text that is accessible and fun to read and perform.

Who reads Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus?

Author

Sophocles; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes

Publisher

The University of Wisconsin Press; University of Wisconsin Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299302542

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Drama