Two Faces of Oedipus: Sophocles' "oedipus Tyrannus" and Seneca's "oedipus"
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Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is the most famous of ancient tragedies and a literary masterpiece. It is not, however, the only classical dramatization of Oedipus' quest to discover his identity. Between four and five hundred years after Sophocles' play was first performed, Seneca composed a fine, but neglected and often disparaged Latin tragedy on the same subject, which, in some ways, comes closer to our common understanding of the Oedipus...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801473977
ISBN13:9780801473975
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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