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OEDIPUS THE KING. Sophocles, ca. 496-406 BC The play won second prize in the festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece, ca. 429 BC. Like stories and poetry, drama originates from preliterate folk traditions, such as song, dance and religious ceremonies. Body painting (make-up), masks and other devices also have ancient antecedents.
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Dec 31, 2008 · oedipus king of thebes by sophocles translated into english rhyming verse with explanatory notes by gilbert murray ll.d., d.litt., f.b.a. regius professor of greek in the university of oxford fourteenth thousand london: george allen & unwin ltd. ruskin house 40 museum street, w.c.1
PRIEST Yea, Oedipus, my sovereign lord and king, Thou seest how both extremes of age besiege Thy palace altars--fledglings hardly winged, And greybeards bowed with years, priests, as am I Of Zeus, and these the flower of our youth. Meanwhile, the common folk, with wreathed boughs Crowd our two market-places, or before Both shrines of Pallas ...
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For a Rich Text or PDF Format of this text, use the following links: Oedipus the King [RTF] or Oedipus the King [PDF] TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . In the following text the line numbers in square brackets refer to the Greek text; the line numbers without brackets refer to the English text.
Download: A 68k text-only version is available for download . Oedipus the King By Sophocles Translated by F. Storr. Dramatis Personae OEDIPUS THE PRIEST OF ZEUS CREON CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS TEIRESIAS JOCASTA MESSENGER HERD OF LAIUS Scene Thebes. Before the Palace of Oedipus.
OEDIPUSTHEKING 5 OEDIPUS LordApollo, [80] ashereturns,mayfineshiningfortune, brightashiscountenance,attendonhim. PRIEST Itseemsthenewshebringsisgood—ifnot, ...
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Creon, appointed ruler of Thebes, offered the kingdom and the hand of his sister, Jocasta, to anyone who could answer the riddle. Oedipus saved Thebes by answering correctly, “Man, who crawls in infancy, walks upright in his prime, and leans on. a cane in old age.”. Outraged, the Sphinx destroyed herself, and Oedipus became King of Thebes.
