Thoughtful delivery service

Easy 30 day returns

Certified Reviews

Description

Sophocles: Oedipus RexCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Sophocles created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama ' With these words Dr Dawe sets out the importance of Oedipus Rex. He investigates why it has for so long fascinated the human mind, devoting his introduction to an examination of the story and to the technique employed by Sophocles to unfold the plot. In this revised edition he also

which was administered to him by injection

and in this detailed

fury and devotion

διαπιστώνει με έκπληξη ότι η λίστα των υπόπτων ολοένα και μακραίνει

άραγε

«Το πράσινο φόρεμα

speculation is mounting that her husband is dead

There are brief section on Homeric metre and the text

A substantial appendix considers the relation between Iliad 18 and the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh

67–71 and 74–75

with clear but thorough explanations throughout

The introduction discusses the main problems of interpretation and gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day