Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra [Audiobook] download free by Sophocles
- Listen audiobook: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra
- Author: Sophocles
- Release date: 2009/3/6
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780199537174
- Rating: 7.94 of 10
- Votes: 718
- Review by: Amanda Kearney
- Review rating: 8.9 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/28
- Duration: 2H49M50S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WMA, MP3, FLAC, WAV, Musepack (compression TBZ2, Z, EML, ZIP, RAR, TZ, LZ)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 22 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 16M28S (4.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe.Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test of will and character, risking obloquy and death rather than compromise his or her principles: it is striking that Antigone and Electra both have a woman as their intransigent 'hero'.Antigone dies rather neglect her duty to her family, Oedipus' determination to save his city results in the horrific discovery that he has committed both incest and parricide, and Electra's unremitting anger at her mother and her lover keeps her in servitude and despair.These vivid translations combine elegance and modernity, and are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy. Their sonorous diction, economy, and sensitivity to the varied metres and modes of the original musical delivery make them equally suitable for reading or theatrical peformance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval, Literary Essays
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 7.47 USD
- Dimensions: 128x196x16mm
- Weight: 169g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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