A Tale of Two Cities? - VUW research archive
... have it today) originated in the Argolid. It is argued that the oral tradition which resulted in the Homeric epics was created around the ruins of Mycenae, and later adapted by the Argives. The method of the study is chronological, following the development of the text and tradition from the Geometr ...
... have it today) originated in the Argolid. It is argued that the oral tradition which resulted in the Homeric epics was created around the ruins of Mycenae, and later adapted by the Argives. The method of the study is chronological, following the development of the text and tradition from the Geometr ...
Theseus - Ancient Philosophy at UBC
... grows up with Aethra before learning his true identity. • He travels to Athens for his ...
... grows up with Aethra before learning his true identity. • He travels to Athens for his ...
chapter 1 OEDIPUS IN ATHENS - Beck-Shop
... The domestic crises at the start of the Peloponnesian War, then, may well have been reflected in Oedipus Tyrannus. Moreover, many of the issues under debate in Sophocles’ play would have had a decidedly contemporary ring. Oedipus’ and Jocasta’s responses to Tiresias and the Delphic oracle respective ...
... The domestic crises at the start of the Peloponnesian War, then, may well have been reflected in Oedipus Tyrannus. Moreover, many of the issues under debate in Sophocles’ play would have had a decidedly contemporary ring. Oedipus’ and Jocasta’s responses to Tiresias and the Delphic oracle respective ...
Slides
... – I. O and A arrive at the fated end of O’s wanderings (1-116) • A. Backstory (1-8) • B. O sits down in an Athenian “park” (9-27) • C. An Athenian stranger tells them it’s a sacred precinct and orders them out (28-43) • D. O recognizes the fulfillment of an oracle; he has reached his final resting p ...
... – I. O and A arrive at the fated end of O’s wanderings (1-116) • A. Backstory (1-8) • B. O sits down in an Athenian “park” (9-27) • C. An Athenian stranger tells them it’s a sacred precinct and orders them out (28-43) • D. O recognizes the fulfillment of an oracle; he has reached his final resting p ...
A Story of Blood
... misfortune (Sophocles, 1525). Though throughout the play Oedipus is portrayed as a reasonable man and a good ruler, pursuing justice in an attempt to end a devastating plague, the chorus that once loved him immediately turns to disgust when they learn of his indecent crimes. Even though Oedipus did ...
... misfortune (Sophocles, 1525). Though throughout the play Oedipus is portrayed as a reasonable man and a good ruler, pursuing justice in an attempt to end a devastating plague, the chorus that once loved him immediately turns to disgust when they learn of his indecent crimes. Even though Oedipus did ...
thebes as the “anti-athens”? some observations on the city`s
... would inevitably have shaped the manner in which a contemporary audience viewed the plays, and also reminds a modern audience that its response to those same dramas would naturally be different15. These “perceptual filters”16 conditioned to a significant extent the collective response17 of a contem ...
... would inevitably have shaped the manner in which a contemporary audience viewed the plays, and also reminds a modern audience that its response to those same dramas would naturally be different15. These “perceptual filters”16 conditioned to a significant extent the collective response17 of a contem ...
Sophocles`s background - Mr. Harris English Class
... deal with how characters react under stress (mental pressure). Sophocles's heroes are usually subjected to a series of tests that they must overcome. Sophocles is credited with increasing the number of actors with speaking parts in a play from two to three. He raised the number of chorus members fro ...
... deal with how characters react under stress (mental pressure). Sophocles's heroes are usually subjected to a series of tests that they must overcome. Sophocles is credited with increasing the number of actors with speaking parts in a play from two to three. He raised the number of chorus members fro ...
Homer
... The Power of the Play Authority of history: ---The history of ages that leaves no records is myth. Authority of religion: the relation between humanity and gods ---Man should not try to or think he can exceed ...
... The Power of the Play Authority of history: ---The history of ages that leaves no records is myth. Authority of religion: the relation between humanity and gods ---Man should not try to or think he can exceed ...
document
... Tragic Playwrights • Sophocles – brought a third actor on-stage, created scene design, and enlarged the chorus from 12 to 15. – wrote the “Theban plays,” Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. – won 20 festival competitions. ...
... Tragic Playwrights • Sophocles – brought a third actor on-stage, created scene design, and enlarged the chorus from 12 to 15. – wrote the “Theban plays,” Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. – won 20 festival competitions. ...
Oedipus--The Dr. Philanakalis Program`s
... Oedipus, son of King Laius of Thebes and Queen Jocasta. After Laius learned from an oracle that "he was doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son," Jocasta ordered a messenger to leave him for dead "In Cithaeron's wooded glens"; Instead, the baby was given to a shepherd and raised in the court of ...
... Oedipus, son of King Laius of Thebes and Queen Jocasta. After Laius learned from an oracle that "he was doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son," Jocasta ordered a messenger to leave him for dead "In Cithaeron's wooded glens"; Instead, the baby was given to a shepherd and raised in the court of ...
When Sophocles produced the Antigone in 442
... produced. The composition and production of the plays spans almost forty years: Antigone, 441 BCE; Oedipus the King , ca. 427-425 BCE, and Oedipus at Colonus, 401 BCE, produced 4 years after Sophocles’ death. Thus, it is not correct to refer to these plays as a trilogy. The audience that viewed Anti ...
... produced. The composition and production of the plays spans almost forty years: Antigone, 441 BCE; Oedipus the King , ca. 427-425 BCE, and Oedipus at Colonus, 401 BCE, produced 4 years after Sophocles’ death. Thus, it is not correct to refer to these plays as a trilogy. The audience that viewed Anti ...
Intro to Greek Theater and Oedipus
... complicated plot. He won 13 festival competitions. Euripides - wrote Medea. He won 4 festival competitions. Sophocles brought a third actor on-stage, created scene design, and enlarged the chorus from 12 to 15. wrote the “Theban plays,” Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. won 20 fes ...
... complicated plot. He won 13 festival competitions. Euripides - wrote Medea. He won 4 festival competitions. Sophocles brought a third actor on-stage, created scene design, and enlarged the chorus from 12 to 15. wrote the “Theban plays,” Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. won 20 fes ...
Antigone by Sophocles
... Oedipus’ sons, Polynices and Eteocles, were cursed by their father for twice showing him disrespect. On the first occasion, the brothers served Oedipus a feast using a silver table and golden goblet that had belonged to Laius, and which Oedipus had forbidden ever be used. The second occasion was the ...
... Oedipus’ sons, Polynices and Eteocles, were cursed by their father for twice showing him disrespect. On the first occasion, the brothers served Oedipus a feast using a silver table and golden goblet that had belonged to Laius, and which Oedipus had forbidden ever be used. The second occasion was the ...
Greek Playwrights
... Agamemnon’s son, Orestes, will avenge his father’s death. The Libation Bearers: Orestes returns to Argos to avenge Agamemnon’s death with the help of his friend, Pylades. He places a lock of his hair on the tomb, and Electra, his sister, pours libations on the tomb as well. Electra and Orestes are r ...
... Agamemnon’s son, Orestes, will avenge his father’s death. The Libation Bearers: Orestes returns to Argos to avenge Agamemnon’s death with the help of his friend, Pylades. He places a lock of his hair on the tomb, and Electra, his sister, pours libations on the tomb as well. Electra and Orestes are r ...
ANCIENT GREEK PLAYWRIGHTS
... • Whenever he finds out the truth (that he killed his father and married his mother), Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus blinds himself, so that he cannot look upon his wretched self anymore. • Oedipus at Colonus tells of how Oedipus and his daughters Ismene and Antigone reach Colonus and encounter T ...
... • Whenever he finds out the truth (that he killed his father and married his mother), Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus blinds himself, so that he cannot look upon his wretched self anymore. • Oedipus at Colonus tells of how Oedipus and his daughters Ismene and Antigone reach Colonus and encounter T ...
Antigone Background Information
... C. Feeling compassion, the shepherd gives the baby to a _____________________, who gives the baby to the childless king and queen of Corinth. D. Oedipus grows up and learns of the prophecy. E. He runs away from ______________ (“home”) in horror, and heads toward ______________. F. One the way, he en ...
... C. Feeling compassion, the shepherd gives the baby to a _____________________, who gives the baby to the childless king and queen of Corinth. D. Oedipus grows up and learns of the prophecy. E. He runs away from ______________ (“home”) in horror, and heads toward ______________. F. One the way, he en ...
The Iliad vs. The Burial at Thebes
... – human beings have the power to make judgments about themselves and their world – helped to free the human spirit to become more creative – tendency toward skepticism – undermined traditional values of the power of the Gods ...
... – human beings have the power to make judgments about themselves and their world – helped to free the human spirit to become more creative – tendency toward skepticism – undermined traditional values of the power of the Gods ...
Thebaid (Latin poem)
The Thebaid (/ˈθi.beɪˌɪd/; Latin: Thēbaïs) is a Latin epic in 12 books written in dactylic hexameter by Publius Papinius Statius (AD c. 45–c. 96). The poem deals with the Theban cycle and treats the assault of the seven champions of Argos against the city of Thebes.