Isbn 9780674995581 1997 george judy, adaptation for children pioneer drama, 1997. I saw the mother of oidipous, epicaste, whose great unwitting deed it was to marry her own son. Antigone sophocles play project gutenberg selfpublishing. In 441 bc, shortly after the play was released, sophocles was appointed as one of the ten generals to lead a military expedition against samos. Books by ruby blondell author of sophocles antigone.
He saw in his life many great times and events including the greek victory in the persian wars and the peloponnesian war. Line notes printed at the bottom of the page bring a reader further quick assistance. In her new translation of antigone, ruby blondell demonstrates an unswerving sense of what the general reader needs to know in order not only to understand sophocles, but to relish him as wellmy own students have found that this edition not only makes the antigone accessible, but also helps them understand why it continues to fascinate, to disturb, and to grip its readers century by century. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article. He had a charmed childhood, was highly educated and a personal friend of prominent statesmen, and, as a good athenian, served faithfully as a treasurer and general for athens when it was expanding its empire. With its passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful drama enthralled its first athenian audiences and won great. And last, our hapless brethren in one day, both in a mutual destiny involved, selfslaughtered, both the slayer and the slain. His editions of sophocles plays appeared in the last fifteen years of the 19th century. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Antigone, the women of trachis, philoctetes, oedipus at colonus, loeb classical library no. Sophocles was born a few years before the battle of marathon in 490 bc. Antigone 9781580493888 by sophocles and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. In antigone, he reveals the fate that befalls the children of oedipus. Although it was written before sophocles other two theban plays, chronologically it comes after the stories in oedipus the king and oedipus at colonus, and it picks up where aeschylus play seven against thebes ends. I dont recall delving into it at all as an adult, though its a subject i certainly find interesting. May 04, 2006 buy antigone student editions by sophocles. For example in antigone the clash between creon and antigone can be seen as symbolic of the many cultural clashes going on in athens at the time. I know a little of greek mythology, most or all coming from reading i did as a kid and one high school class i took in it. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article sophocles. He wanted to entertain and educate his audience, for these had been the duties of poets since time immemorial. Abhorred, dishonored, selfconvinced of sin, blinded, himself his executioner.
The free antigone notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. Sophocles 496 bc406 bc, one of the great greek dramatists of the ancient world, was born to a wealthy family at colonus, near athens. Sophocles taught his antigone to a chorus of fifteen young men for the contest in tragedy. Last of all shall i pass thither, and far most miserably of all, before the term of my life is spent. A likely source of this material for plutarch was the epidemiae of ion of chios, a book that recorded many conversations of sophocles. She is willing to face the capital punishment that has been decreed by her uncle creon, the new king, as the penalty for anyone burying. Antigone by sophocles is a major contribution to the earliest forms of drama, fiction, and stage play writing. I dont recall delving into it at all as an adult, though it. Today, nearly 2,500 years after sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still consider it one of the most powerful dramatic works ever made. Oedipuss daughter antigone deliberately breaks the laws of thebes when she buries her brothers body and is sentenced to death. In 441 bc, shortly after the play was released, sophocles was appointed as one of the ten generals to lead a. Antigone by sophocles, 9781853996474, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Antigones heroic resistance to creons petty, capricious, and unbending law has a neverending relevance even in the third millennium ce.
Contents intro the play 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300. A eulogy written by a poet in a play called the muses. Antigone an english version by dudley fitts and robert fitzgerald person represented antigone ismene eurydice creon haimon teiresias a sentry a messenger chorus scene. Sophocles 497 406 sophoclesbysophocleswork814 sophocles 497 bc or 496 bc 406 bc was one of the three great ancient greek tragedians, together with aeschylus and euripides according to the suda he wrote 123 plays. A heartfelt thank you to alvin mayes, leslie felbain. Sophocles was born into a wealthy family his father was. Antigone ismene, sister of my blood and heart, seest thou how zeus would in our lives fulfill the weird of oedipus, a world of woes. Sophocles was a playwright and the second of the 3 greatest greek writers of tragedy with aeschylus and euripides. This book is a likely candidate to have contained sophocles discourse on his own development because ion was a friend of sophocles, and the book is known to have been used by plutarch. Antigone, oedipus the king, electra oxford worlds classics by sophocles and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read antigone. The protagonist antigone, is the daughter of king oedipus edipus and jocasta.
Of all the surviving plays, the tragedies of the oedipus trilogy oedipus the king, oedipus at colonus, and antigone are the best known and most often produced. Think of his motherwife ill sorted names done by a noose herself had twined to death. Antigone is the daughter of oedipus, the former king of thebes. Antigone, oedipus the king also called oedipus tyrannus or oedipus rex, and oedipus at colonus. The choral odes as rendered here deserve special notice. Jul 30, 2008 antigone by sophocles, 97804776044, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He does this in order to save athens from the moral destruction which seems imminent. Sophocles was a religious conservative and was a member of several cults. Antigone s heroic resistance to creons petty, capricious, and unbending law has a neverending relevance even in the third millennium ce. Now, when his young daughter antigone defies her uncle, kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and selfsacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps selfserving.
He lived through most of the 5th century from 496406 bce, experiencing the age of pericles and the peloponnesian war. The curse placed on oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of sophocles classic drama. Antigone plumptre translation by sophocles free at loyal. Antigone antegonee which was penned in 441 bc is a short play by the famous greek playwright sophocles 497406 bc. Storrdramatis personae oedipus the priest of zeus creon chorus of theban elders teiresias jocasta messenger herd of laiusthebes. He is known best for what he wrote about oedipus, the mythological figure who proved central to freud and the history of psychoanalysis. Antigone by sophocles, 9780486278049, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. All three plays concern the fate of thebes during and after the reign of king oedipus.
Ruby blondell has 16 books on goodreads with 1051 ratings. The complete works of sophocles, by sophocles philo on books. Sophocles has 686 books on goodreads with 602176 ratings. After giving a succinct analysis of each in his introduction, woodruff translates the lyrics into. Blessed is sophocles, who had a long life, was a man both happy and talented, and the writer of many good. These free notes consist of about 52 pages 15,335 words and contain the following sections. I how, like clinging ivy, the growth of stone subdued her. In antigone, sophocles asks the question, which law is greater. The rebel brothers body will not be sanctified by holy rites, and will lie unburied on the battlefield, prey for carrion animals like worms and vultures.
Hos adlibris hittar du miljontals bocker och produkter inom sophocles vi har ett brett sortiment av bocker, garn. In his long life, sophocles wrote more than one hundred plays. Chorus she was sprung of gods, divine, mortals we of mortal line. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Feb 20, 2012 antigone by sophocles is a major contribution to the earliest forms of drama, fiction, and stage play writing. She is willing to face the capital punishment that has been decreed by her uncle creon, the new king, as the penalty for anyone burying her brother polyneices. They are distinguished by the sensitivity of jebbs literary and dramatic interpretations, and the neat translation facing the greek text. And now this proclamation of today made by our captaingeneral to the state. The theban plays also known as the oedipus trilogy by. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Determined but doomed, antigone shows her inner strength throughout the play. Woodruffs work with peter meineck makes this text one that is accessible to todays students and could be staged for modern audiences. Oedipus the king, oedipus at colonus, antigone, university of chicago. Sophocles 495406 bc this is the final installment in sophocless theban plays, following oedipus rex and oedipus at colonus.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Suppliants of all ages are seated round the altar at the palace doors, at their head a priestof zeus. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own brother. This translation, by brendan kennelly, appears in the book when then is now. Antigone plumptre translation by sophocles free at. It was first performed at the peacock theatre in dublin, ireland on april 28, 1986 and was first published by bloodaxe books in 1996. Probably the most prominent athenian culture clash we see in antigone is the laws of the state vs. It is the third and the shortest play of the theban trilogy. It remains an invaluable source material for the development of tragedy through the years. There is no art that teaches us to know the temper, mind or spirit of any man until he has been proved by government and lawgiving.
See more ideas about greek tragedy, modern times and image. Sophocles books biography and list of works author of. Storr, ba formerly scholar of trinity college, cambridge from the loeb library edition originally published by harvard university press, cambridge, ma and william heinemann ltd, london first published in 1912 argument. Sophocles biography sophocle s bysophocleswork814 sophocles 497 bc or 496 bc 406 bc was one of the three great ancient greek tragedians, together with aeschylus and euripides. Antigone by sophocles free ebook project gutenberg. May 14, 2017 reading this book was my first exposure to sophocles, or to any of the ancient greek plays. In the beginning of the play, two brothers leading opposite sides in thebes civil war died fighting each other for the throne. Sophocles the oedipus myth homer also alludes to the oedipus myth in the odyssey book 11. He ultimately fails by his own test, for the very first law reveals his faulty character. Mar 08, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Sophocles was born the son of an armor manufacturer, but through a great education, a little luck, and an innovative approach to the tragedy, he managed to win the respect of his fellow athenians. Aristotle called oedipus the king, the secondwritten of the three theban plays written by sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of greek theater. Jun 05, 2003 oedipus, the former ruler of thebes, has died. Of these, seven complete tragedies remain, among them the famed oedipus rex and oedipus at colonus. Creon ironically says this to the counsellors before he tells them his first law, forbidding the burial of polyneices. Reading this book was my first exposure to sophocles, or to any of the ancient greek plays. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The internet classics archive antigone by sophocles. A man of wealth, charm, and genius, sophocles was given posts of responsibility in peace and in war by the athenians. Three greek tragedies, which was published by bloodaxe books in 2006. The daughter of oedipus and jocasta, antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the king of thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed.
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