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  1. Oedipus and the Sphinx
    the threshold myth from Sophocles through Freud to Cocteau
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]

  2. Oedipus and the Sphinx
    the threshold myth from Sophocles through Freud to Cocteau
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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  3. Sophocles
    Oedipus at Colonus
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing, London

    In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the... more

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    In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and finds refuge, despite the threatening arrival of his kinsman Creon, who tries to tempt and then force the old man back under Theban control. Oedipus' resistance shows a fierceness in no way dimmed by incapacity, but he also refuses to aid his repentant son, Polyneices, in his coming attack on Thebes

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780715637135
    Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
    Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy Ser.
    Subjects: Sophocles. -- Oedipus at Colonus; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature; Sophocles ; Oedipus at Colonus; Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (177 p)
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    Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Sophocles and Athens; 2. A Synopsis of the Play; 3. The Oedipus Myth and the OC; 4. Oedipal Accounts; 5. Oedipus and the Gods; 6. Athens and Attica; 7. Characters; 8. Oedipal Receptions; Notes; Further Reading; Bibliography; Glossary; A; C; E; F; L; M; O; P; S; T; X; Index; A; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; N; O; P; S; T; X; Z