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  • Oedipus the King

    par Sophocles ...
    Collections series Enriched Classics
    The famed Athenian tragedy in which Oedipus’s own faults contribute to his tragic downfall.A great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex, King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of incidents, Oedipus learns that he was the assassin and that ... En savoir plus

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  • The Oresteia

    Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides

    One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.In the Oresteia, Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit ... En savoir plus

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  • The Lion's Skin

    par Rafael Sabatini ...
    The story of "The Lion's Skin" revolves around the character of Anthony Wilding, a dashing and roguish Englishman who becomes embroiled in the political machinations and espionage of the era. Anthony Wilding is also known by his pseudonym, "The Lion's Skin," as he becomes a spy for the French king, Louis XIV, in the court of King James II of England.The novel is known for its intricate plot, which ... En savoir plus

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  • The Complete Plays of Sophocles

    A New Translation

    The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vivid, dynamic new translations by award-winning poets Robert Bagg & James Scully.The dominant Athenian playwright in fifth-century BCE Athens, Sophocles left us seven powerful dramas that still shock as they render the violence that erupts within divinity and humankind. Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone trace three generations of a ... En savoir plus

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  • Selected Letters

    par Seneca ...
    Traduit par Elaine Fantham ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    'You ask what is the proper measure of wealth? The best measure is to have what is necessary, and next best, to have enough. Keep well!' The letters written by the Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca to his friend Lucilius are in effect moral essays, whose purpose is to reinforce Lucilius' struggle to achieve wisdom and serenity, uninfluenced by worldly emotions. Seneca advises his friend on ... En savoir plus

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  • The Greek Plays

    From The Persians"Defeat is impossibleDefeat is unthinkableWe have always been the favorites of fate.Fortune has cupped usIn her golden palms.It has only been a matterOf choosing our desire. Which fruitTo pick from the nodding tree."This chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin’s new adaptation of The Persians by Aeschylus, the earliest surviving play in Western literature, an elegy for a fallen ... En savoir plus

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  • Theseus and the Minotaur

    par Brian Twiddy ...
    A short, funny play for children aged 7 - 11 years,including a craft activity relevant to the story.Theseus is sent to Crete to be sacrificed to the fearsome Minotaur. He is the greatest warrior in Greece. He always wins.But he hasn't yet met Ariadne, King Minos's beautiful daughter. When he does, will he meet his match? ... En savoir plus

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  • The City and the Stage

    Performance, Genre, and Gender in Plato's Laws

    par Marcus Folch ...
    What role did poetry, music, song, and dance play in the social and political life of the ancient Greek city? How did philosophy respond to, position itself against, and articulate its own ambitions in relation to the poetic tradition? How did ancient philosophers theorize and envision alternatives to fourth-century Athenian democracy? The City and the Stage poses such questions in a study of the ... En savoir plus

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  • The Usable Past

    Greek Metahistories

    Modifié par K. S. Brown, Yannis Hamilakis ...
    Collections series Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
    In this volume, K.S. Brown and Yannis Hamilakis bring together scholars of history, archaeology, and anthropology to explore the located and contextual nature of historical narratives. The contributors analyze contested historic rituals, building styles, and traditions-looking through the unique lens of twentieth-century Greek identity-paying particular attention to the ways these social phenomena ... En savoir plus

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  • Aias

    A New Translation

    par Sophocles ...
    AIAS, translated by award-winning poet James Scully, is one of Sophocles's seven surviving works, and one of the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens.Still powerful and remarkably timely thousands of years after its creation, Aias is the moving story of a soldier returning home victorious from the Trojan War, only to discover he has lost his life’s purpose. This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, ... En savoir plus

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  • Alcmaeon in Corinth

    par Colin Teevan ...
    Collections series Oberon Modern Plays
    Based on 20 previously untranslated fragments, this is a reconstruction of Euripides lost tragic comedy, Alcmaeon in Corinth, the third part of his final trilogy, with Bacchai and Iphigeneia in Aulis.Alcmaeon, having killed his mother, is pursued by the furies, his madness taking the form of satyriasis. When he unwittingly finds himself in bed with his daughter, he must face his children's fury ... En savoir plus

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  • The Comedies, Vol. 1

    par Aristophanes ...
    Traduit par William James Hicke ...
    The so-called old comedy, of which Aristophanes is the only surviving representative, flourished at the time of the Peloponnesian War which shook Greek civilization. There is no good single modern analogue of the old comedy. It is a blend of Shakespeare's 'MidsummerA Night's Dream' with Bernard Shaw. It is extravaganza combined with the dramatic criticism of ideas and set off with occasional ... En savoir plus

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