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Hace 5 días · The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate. King Oedipus is the devastating portrayal of a ruler who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself.
Hace 1 día · He was a pivotal figure in the Theban plays of *Sophocles(1) and Euripides, and is presented by *Pindar as an outstanding interpreter of the will of *Zeus (Nem. 1. 60–1).A tradition which goes back at least to *Pherecydes (2) links Tiresias closely to the Theban legendary aristocracy, making him a descendant of Udaeus, one of the *Spartoi (FGrH 3 F 92).
Hace 5 días · The Theban Plays (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles. Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles. Yeah, yeah, I know – it’s a play and it’s 2,500 years old, but just think of the crime books you’ve read in which a parent is killed, where men are forced to realize their faults: arrogance, impatience, cowardice in the face of truth.
Hace 5 días · While Phoenician Women shares some stylistic elements with other plays by Euripides, such as the use of irony and the importance of the chorus, it also has its unique features. The play’s focus on the Theban mythology and the complex relationships between the characters sets it apart from Euripides’ other works.
Hace 5 días · Therefore, I asked the local strike command to include, in one of the weekly agendas, on 04/06, a night of collective reading of Antigone, by Sophocles. On the day, there were around twenty people, only three of whom were teachers (me and two more from the Department of Literature), and the rest, to my surprise, were students (I hadn't seen so many there for weeks!).
Hace 3 días · Ancient city in east-central Greece, northwest of Athens, where all the action in Sophocles’ play takes place. As the seat of power of King Oedipus, Thebes represents civil power, though as ...
Hace 2 días · I mean, as the point where the ostensible plot of the Odyssey actually happens, I get it. The mid-section, if adapted faithfully, would be more of an anthology series, with a mix of Odysseus telling the story of what the hell happened to him, and then other random parts of Greek myth, while feasting with the Phaeacians.
