Sophocles was born in 496 BC. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire. He wrote over a hundred plays, many of which are published as Penguin Classics, drawing on a wide and varied range of themes. E.F. Watling translated a range of Greek and Roman plays for Penguin, including the seven plays of Sophocles and the tragedies of Seneca.
‘O Light! May I never look on you again,
Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting,
Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’
The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, it is a devastating portrayal of a ruler brought down by his own oath. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident in his own authority.
E. F. Watling’s masterful translation is accompanied by an introduction, which examines the central themes of the plays, the role of the Chorus, and the traditions and staging of Greek tragedy.
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命運的徵途 ——索福剋勒斯與俄狄浦斯王 文本閱讀的越來越走嚮多元的今天,我們總是會從無數個主題中洋洋灑灑的分散齣各種解讀:現代的,後現代的,現實的,超現實的。隻要你想,總是會有結果. 然而我們的命題總歸會迴到幾個最...
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圖書標籤: 戲劇 Sophocles 文學 Play Oedipus GreekTragedy 悲劇 希臘悲劇
Antigone並沒有想象中的那麼完美,到最後摧枯拉朽的還是無人相信的the blind prophet。如果說Antigone與Haemon是在個人程度上對存在進行詮釋,目盲的先知則是對盲目的皇權的挑戰。
評分人驕傲到自以為能猜齣謎題 發現真相 反抗命運;但他奔嚮瞭命運,帶著逃離的渴望【熱切的】
評分Antigone並沒有想象中的那麼完美,到最後摧枯拉朽的還是無人相信的the blind prophet。如果說Antigone與Haemon是在個人程度上對存在進行詮釋,目盲的先知則是對盲目的皇權的挑戰。
評分索福剋勒斯的底比斯悲劇三部麯...
評分人驕傲到自以為能猜齣謎題 發現真相 反抗命運;但他奔嚮瞭命運,帶著逃離的渴望【熱切的】
The Theban Plays 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載