Oedipus the King

Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297635458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
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Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era

Author: Yulia Kovas
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 1349960489
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
This book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts. The first is Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannus) by Sophocles, written in the 5th century BCE. The second is human DNA, with its origins around 4 billion years ago, and continuously revised by chance and evolution. With Sophocles as a guide, the authors take a journey into the Genomic era, an age marked by ever-expanding insights into the human genome. Over the course of this journey, the book explores themes of free will, fate, and chance; prediction, misinterpretation, and the burden that comes with knowledge of the future; self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies; the forces that contribute to similarities and differences among people; roots and lineage; and the judgement of oneself and others. Using Oedipus Rex as its lens, this novel work provides an engaging overview of behavioural genetics that demonstrates its relevance across the humanities and the social and life sciences. It will appeal in particular to students and scholars of genetics, education, psychology, sociology, and law.

Oedipus Rex Or Oedipus the King: (annotated) (Worldwide Classics)

Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781090353474
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
Oedipus, King of Thebes, sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to ask advice of the oracle at Delphi, concerning a plague ravaging Thebes. Creon returns to report that the plague is the result of religious pollution, since the murderer of their former king, Laius, has never been caught. Oedipus vows to find the murderer and curses him for causing the plague.Oedipus summons the blind prophet Tiresias for help. When Tiresias arrives he claims to know the answers to Oedipus's questions, but refuses to speak, instead telling him to abandon his search. Oedipus is enraged by Tiresias' refusal, and verbally accuses him of complicity in Laius' murder. Outraged, Tiresias tells the king that Oedipus himself is the murderer ("You yourself are the criminal you seek"). Oedipus cannot see how this could be, and concludes that the prophet must have been paid off by Creon in an attempt to undermine him. The two argue vehemently, as Oedipus mocks Tiresias' lack of sight, and Tiresias in turn tells Oedipus that he himself is blind. Eventually Tiresias leaves, muttering darkly that when the murderer is discovered he shall be a native citizen of Thebes, brother and father to his own children, and son and husband to his own mother.

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438114109
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
A collection of eight critical essays on the classical tragedy, arranged in the chronological order of their original publication.

OEDIPUS REX

Author: NARAYAN CHANGDER
Publisher: CHANGDER OUTLINE
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
THE OEDIPUS REX MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE OEDIPUS REX MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR OEDIPUS REX KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.

Oedipus Rex

Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299282538
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
Oedipus Rex is the greatest of the Greek tragedies, a profound meditation on the human condition. The story of the mythological king, who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother, has resonated in world culture for almost 2,500 years. But Sophocles’ drama as originally performed was much more than a great story—it was a superb poetic script and exciting theatrical experience. The actors spoke in pulsing rhythms with hypnotic forward momentum, making it hard for audiences to look away. Interspersed among the verbal rants and duels were energetic songs performed by the chorus. David Mulroy’s brilliant verse translation of Oedipus Rex recaptures the aesthetic power of Sophocles’ masterpiece while also achieving a highly accurate translation in clear, contemporary English. Speeches are rendered with the same kind of regular iambic rhythm that gave the Sophoclean originals their drive. The choral parts are translated as fluid rhymed songs. Mulroy also supplies an introduction, notes, and appendixes to provide helpful context for general readers and students.

The Ancient Concept of Progress and Other Essays on Greek Literature and Belief

Author: Eric Robertson Dodds
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 9780198143772
Category : Civilization, Greco-Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
These essays represent the full range of Dodds' literary and philosophical interests, and his ability to combine profound scholarship with the lucid humanity of a teacher convinced of the value of Greek studies to the modern world.

The Redemption of Tragedy

Author: Katherine T. Brueck
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791422823
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Simone Weils supernaturalist interpretations of tragedy challenge not only the philosophical skepticism but also the religious rationalism characteristic of the modern age. This book boldly points out a supernaturalist alternative to contemporary, post-structuralist literary theory. This study of classical tragic drama offers a sacralizing impetus to secular discussions of literature. The books Platonic premises and its grounding in the transcendental outlook of the religious traditions furnish a sacred illumination. Religious mystery and the cross of Christ both overshadow and deepen philosophical approaches to literary criticism, including theories of tragedy. Simone Weils conception of tragic art, rooted in a mystical Christian metaphysics, offers original insight into the nature of tragedy. In contradiction of the prevailing secular outlook, Weil regards classical tragedy as a sacred art form. Tragic masterpieces evoke not the chaotic or irrational, as modernist interpreters hold, but rather a good which is absolute

The Opera Lover's Companion

Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300123739
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 648

Book Description
Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.

Anagnorisis: Scenes and Themes of Recognition and Revelation in Western Literature

Author: Piero Boitani
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004453679
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
The spirited narration of the scenes and the themes of recognition and revelation from Homer and Genesis to the major classical, Medieval, and modern writers: anagnorisis as the living, moving encounter between two human beings.