Details

Subject(s)

• Sophocles—Oedipus Rex [Browse]
• Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)—Drama [Browse]

Editor

• Finglass, Patrick, 1979- [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Tragedies (Drama) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• tragedies [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 57. [More in this series]
• Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 57 [More in this series]

Contains

• Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English (Finglass) [Browse]
• Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Greek (Finglass) [Browse]

Summary note

• "For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The Introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The Commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all"-- Provided by publisher.
• "Oedipus the King is a central work of western literature, a play for which the term 'canonical' might have been invented; yet there has been no new critical edition of the play with introduction and detailed commentary (editio maior) in any language since 1883"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes (Index of Greek and Index of subjects).

Language note

Text in English and Greek.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

ISBN

• 9781108419512 ((hardback))
• 1108419518 ((hardback))

LCCN

2017023993

OCLC

995630296

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