| 单词 | Oedipus |
| 例句 | Oedipus took the matter in hand with energy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So matters stood when there came into the stricken country a stranger, a man of great courage and great intelligence, whose name was Oedipus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In this sentence we have the phrase In Sophocles’play as a modifier of the clause Oedipus married his mother. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “And you,” Oedipus asked the other, “do you know him as he knows you?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I have to order you a second time to tell me where you got him, you are lost,” Oedipus said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To Oedipus the old man’s mind was wandering; what he said was sheer madness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The House of Oedipus, the last of the royal family of Thebes, was known no more. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Killed Oedipus married Laius Jocasta, for example, doesn’t make it clear whether Oedipus killed Laius and married Jocasta, Jocasta killed Oedipus and married Laius, Oedipus killed Jocasta and married Laius, and so on. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Just as the greatest plays of Aeschylus, in the fifth century, are about Atreus’ descendants, so the greatest plays of his contemporary Sophocles are about Oedipus and his children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Clause as subject: That Oedipus would learn the truth was inevitable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They were very unfortunate young people, but they were far from being monsters all would shudder to look at, as the oracle had told Oedipus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the palace Oedipus wildly sought for his wife that was his mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If you were unfamiliar with the story of Oedipus Rex and I simply said, “Sophocles play story kill Laius wife Jocasta wed Oedipus father mother,” you wouldn’t guess what happened in a million years. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The person doing the marrying, referred to by the one-word phrase Oedipus, has the function “subject.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For many years they treated Oedipus with kindness, but at last they decided to expel him from the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The blind old man and his daughter felt safe there, and there Oedipus died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He received the aged Oedipus whom everyone else had cast out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It has no rival in Greek tragedy except the four plays of Sophocles about Oedipus and his children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Anne frowned and said, “Yeah, Oedipus. She always looks beautiful. What else is new?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I have taken this story from the Antigone and the Oedipus at Colonus, two of Sophocles’ plays, with the exception of the death of Menoeceus, which is told in a play of Euripides, The Suppliants. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Great Oedipus bonds are encircling your brain and destroying you. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the love of God,” Oedipus implored him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In Oedipus thought that Polybus was his father, the clause that Polybus was his father is a complement of the verb thought. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The only friends Oedipus had were his daughters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, for instance, is how you would diagram the sentence In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus married his mother: Oedipus married mother The Reed-Kellogg notation was innovative in its day, but I for one don’t miss it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A man arrives from Corinth with the message that Oedipus’s father has died It emerges that this messenger was formerly a shepherd on Mount Cithaeron, and that he was given a baby.... The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There is no myth of Oedipus on Winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Other examples of modifiers include the underlined words in the phrases walks on four legs, swollen feet, met him on the road to Thebes, and the shepherd whom Oedipus had sent for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Oedipus gained all and more than he had left. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Oedipus who killed Laius, for example, takes it for granted that someone killed Laius, the only question being who; the main clause of the sentence informs us who the who is. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A messenger came from Corinth to announce to Oedipus the death of Polybus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After Jocasta’s death and all the evils that came with it, Oedipus lived on in Thebes while his children were growing up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Or consider the sentence from the Wikipedia entry on Oedipus: The baby, he says, was given to him by another shepherd from the Laius household, who had been told to get rid of the child. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Extraposed clause: It was inevitable that Oedipus would learn the truth. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Of all that unfortunate race no one was more innocent of wrongdoing than Oedipus, a great-great-grandson of Cadmus, and no one suffered so greatly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He saved me! Cristo salva!” some brother cried, poking at his eyes as if he was in torment; as if he was Oedipus about to rip his eyes out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z What induced them to do this is not known, but Creon urged it and Oedipus’ sons consented to it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Foremost among them is the unfairly maligned passive voice: Laius was killed by Oedipus, as opposed to Oedipus killed Laius. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Rather, we now appear to be scaling the heights of Greek tragedy, with an impressive attempt at an Oedipus Rex double bill. Could you make it up? Phone hacking in literature 2011-07-20T13:42:13Z Not long before my Russian immersion, I was on the edge of my, er, couch during the British director Robert Icke’s take on “Oedipus” for the Amsterdam theater. Dark. Messy. Assaultive. Inscrutable. Even From Your Couch. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Lengthening its season and expanding its touring program, he put on well-received productions of classic plays, including “Oedipus the King,” “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “She Stoops to Conquer” and Shakespearean works. Michael Langham, Classical Theater Director, Dies at 91 2011-01-20T05:56:02Z In “Oedipus Rex,” Oedipus kills his father and beds his mother, which causes a plague to descend onto Thebes. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Your head’s so filled with drama, Oedipus thinks you’re his mama! Style Invitational: Twist of fete: Parodies for birthdays and more 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Oedipus learned, when consulting the Delphic oracle, that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z And there was plenty of Sophocles, specifically Oedipus Rex, as evidenced by the episode’s concern with whether a man is master of his destiny, or if his fate is predetermined, even from his birth. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? 2011-12-05T14:41:07Z The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone in Sophocles’s play is a woman whose defiance of the state, in service of her own belief in what is right, spells her ruin. Juliette Binoche, from English patients to Greek heroines 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z This modern-day take on the Oedipus myth follows Seattle's evolution from sleepy seaport to software capital, as a modern "King of Search" meets his match in one of the most memorable grifters in contemporary literature. 32 of the year's best books 2011-12-07T23:43:04Z In “The Oedipus Project,” Oedipus himself is revealed to be the cause, the “unholy contagion,” as the prophet Tiresias calls him — though his arrogance stalls him from drawing this conclusion. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Seth Numrich, as Oedipus, exploits a bit of range as he wavers between anger and somewhat less anger, while Veanne Cox looks on in a never-ending expression of horror. Theater Review | 'Blind': Oedipus Has iPhone (and Rage) 2010-03-09T08:16:00Z I found my thoughts straying to Oedipus, who was far from rehabilitated by such lines of enquiry. Difficult Mothers by Terri Apter – review 2012-08-24T21:45:04Z Painted in a style known as Red-figure and dating from around 470 B.C., the main design on the cup is of Oedipus listening to the riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes. The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Crunchy peanut butter can make for a realistic eye-gouging in the Oedipus plays, but itchy hives if Oedipus has nut allergies as well as mommy issues. For the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s props director, one blood is not like another 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The story of Oedipus is supposed to be timeless, for better or worse. How Next Wave Is It? Joseph V. Melillo Picks His Kind of Show From His Final Program 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Q: Was your original idea to write a modern version of Oedipus Rex? Lit Life: A Q&A with David Guterson 2011-10-24T01:45:04Z She returned in “Night Journey,” Graham’s searing look at the Oedipus tale, told from Jocasta’s point of view. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater 2012-03-14T22:27:56Z Anthony Dean Griffey wielded his powerful, sonorous tenor to fine effect in a dramatically convincing portrayal of Oedipus. Music Review: Philharmonic Takes on Stravinsky at Avery Fisher 2010-04-29T20:49:00Z The two had worked extensively with Mr. Stein and were at the Salzburg Festival to work with him on a production of Sophocles’ “Oedipus at Colonus.” Met?s Replacement Gets in Tune 2010-09-21T22:09:00Z The idea is that the story of "evil" Oedipus, followed on his last day on Earth, can be taken as a text at a pentecostal meeting, and rendered as a tale of Christian redemption. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Writing just a day after Olivier's death, Guinness praised his contemporary as a "giant" of the theatre, but said he was unmoved by Olivier's performance in "Oedipus Rex". Guinness diary raises curtain on rivalry with "tiresome" Olivier 2013-02-08T14:14:47Z After a brief spoken introduction, the work opens with a monumental outburst from the choristers, who plead with Oedipus to save them from the plague. Music Review: Philharmonic Takes on Stravinsky at Avery Fisher 2010-04-29T20:49:00Z The showstopper is “A World of Illusions,” three performance films shown in a triangle, in which Kilomba tells the myths of Narcissus, Oedipus, and Antigone, building to pointed reinterpretations. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The program also featured a lengthy section of works by Purcell, with excerpts from “Oedipus” and “The Fairy Queen” sung by Daniel Taylor, a clear-voiced countertenor. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: Thomas Ad?s Conducts Ensemble ACJW at Carnegie Hall 2010-03-25T20:35:00Z Encountering the title of Ms. Rossellini’s book, readers would guess that it includes prominent discussions of the Delphic maxim and of the myth of Oedipus or the play based on it, Sophocles ’ “Oedipus Rex.” ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Theater review The collision of fate and free will, curse and conduct in Sophocles’ play “Oedipus the King” is a spectacle of self-destruction that resonates through the millennia. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z In this adaptation Oedipus jumps, Antigone swings and the chorus wear turbans so saffronly, crimsonly gorgeous that you begin to wonder why anyone bothers with hair. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z The story of Oedipus exemplifies the maxim’s meaning. ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z In the age of genetics and easy data, the great crisis of Greek drama has become pedestrian; we are all Oedipus, potentially. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z She and Ms. Stewart also collaborated for years together on productions like “Seven Against Thebes” and “Mythos Oedipus.” ArtsBeat Blog: 'La MaMa Cantata' To Celebrate Ellen Stewart 2011-09-15T19:49:23Z “It was probably because I’d read Oedipus the King and relied on its truths.” Review | ‘The Red-Haired Woman’: The worst translation Orhan Pamuk has ever suffered 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z And, in a separate post, he links to this article by Michael McCarthy in the Independent that finds an important lesson in Sophocles's Oedipus Rex. Noises off: When is 'relevance' not relevant? 2011-02-25T16:51:54Z His delightfully silly adaptation of “Oedipus” includes a one-man choral performance and a shepherd in a toga fashioned from an Avengers bedsheet. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z It was a bit like “My Oedipus Complex,” a short story by Frank O’Connor that I also liked, but it was, now that I describe it, more flagrantly Oedipal than the O’Connor. A Literary Dinner Party? Anne Enright Would Prefer Lunch 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The Oedipus myth, about the irrevocable fixity of fate, is an odd vein to mine for a novel about the mutability of everything. Daisy Johnson’s Uncanny Début Novel Rewrites Oedipus 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The story revolves around Christopher's investigation of the murder of a neighbor's dog, a case that leads him, à la Oedipus, to discover some truths about his parents and his own potential. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Well, the last thing we did was a variation of Oedipus. Sam Shepard Takes Stock of ‘Buried Child’ and the Writer’s Life 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “Oedipus and the Sphinx After Ingres” updates an ancient myth with help from one of Bacon’s favorite artists. ‘Francis Bacon: Late Paintings,’ at Gagosian, Is a Vivid Narrative 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The aforementioned scene in a bar plays like a B-movie rehash of Oedipus learning about pestilence at Thebes. Review: Balagan experiments boldly with 'Oedipus' 2010-05-27T20:18:00Z Burke continued to return to the stage in the new century, appearing in his 90th year at the National theatre as the Shepherd in Frank McGuinness's version of Oedipus. Alfred Burke obituary 2011-02-18T19:32:19Z “The Lobster” includes a blinding scene, but the director said it wasn’t an intentional reference to “Oedipus Rex.” At Cannes, a Greek Filmmaker Explains Move to English-Language Film 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In Electra – the title a reference to the female version of the Oedipus complex – Marianne Faithfull doesn't even recognise her own face, her ravaged drawl pleading: "Tell me, tell me, who is she?" Readers recommend: songs about mistaken identity ? the results 2011-01-27T17:21:22Z The luckless chap, of course, is Oedipus, the mythical Greek king frequently associated in psychoanalysis with an unconscious drive to kill one's same-sex parent and possess the other. Review: Balagan experiments boldly with 'Oedipus' 2010-05-27T20:18:00Z He assumes, reasonably, that the audience is familiar with Oedipus and Company. | 'What She Knew': Oedipus? Mom Explains It All to You 2010-12-08T20:38:00Z In reworking the story of Oedipus, “Everything Under,” the entrancing début novel by Daisy Johnson, is an unheimlich presentation of an unheimlich plot. Daisy Johnson’s Uncanny Début Novel Rewrites Oedipus 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Oedipus brought a return to orchestral form, and there was some exemplary singing from the men of the London Symphony Chorus. LSO/Gergiev ? review 2012-05-16T17:13:13Z Oedipus is already blind and staggering toward death in Sophocles’ later play “Oedipus at Colonus,” and the musical adaptation divides the tragic character in half. Perspective | Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Then Oedipus blinds himself and is sent into exile. 5 Real-World Incidents of Royal Patricide 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Unlike more classic high-anxiety plays — say, “Oedipus Rex” or “Macbeth” — this production isn’t about to offer you the cleansing release of catharsis. ‘Is This a Room’ Review: Why’d She Blow the Whistle? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Oedipus Rex is the template here, gradually unpeeling the hero's illusions about his identity, but Ibsen, too, perfected a kind of retrospective tragedy. Why theatre must never lose the plot 2010-10-08T15:37:00Z He, of course, is thinking of Homer and Oedipus Rex, but we can extrapolate. Beowulf, Shakespeare and the plausibility of fiction 2012-07-25T17:04:25Z Of course, nearly every story, from Oedipus Rex to Argo, portrays someone in revolt; that’s called fiction. Cloud Atlas: The Wachowskis Struggle in the Stratosphere 2012-10-25T12:00:33Z Oedipus was played by Ian Bostridge, who aspirated his coloratura at times; but Stravinskyan stylisation suits him rather well, and he charted the progression from hauteur to debasement with passion and commitment. BBCPhil/Gruber – review 2013-03-14T17:49:19Z Do they represent the four children of Oedipus? Three Journeys Under the Radar: Trippy, Unsettling and Affectionate 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Stuart Skelton was the suavely plausible Oedipus, perfectly calibrating his change from swaggering self-confidence, to horror-struck despair. LSO/Gardiner – review 2013-04-26T16:56:55Z One full-orchestra concert focuses on his American period and features a late masterpiece, the “Requiem Canticles”; the closing performance juxtaposes two stage works from the 1920s and ’30s on classical themes: “Perséphone” and “Oedipus Rex.” Critic’s Notebook: Bard Music Festival Celebrates ‘Stravinsky and His World’ 2013-08-12T21:49:21Z The balanced mirror images are William T. Newman Jr. as Preacher Oedipus and DeMone as Singer Oedipus, each performing with philosophical gravity. Perspective | Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Jocasta, realizing the truth of her relationship to Oedipus, tightens a noose around her neck in her private chamber. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z But it’s also Greek in that “Thebans” is an operatic adaptation of the Oedipus myth. Opera Review: A Review of Julian Anderson’s ‘Thebans’ for the English National Opera 2014-05-05T12:53:03Z He consulted at length with the psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, who later wrote “Hamlet and Oedipus” and palpably left his mark on Olivier’s 1948 film. A Battle of the Hamlets 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The legend of Oedipus was familiar to him: In his 30-year career, Mouawad has staged Sophocles’s “Oedipus the King” three times. With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Theater of War Productions looks at current issues through the prism of classic texts, and it often returns to Sophocles’s “Oedipus the King” as a way to consider the current pandemic. Theater to Stream: A World of Fringe and More Apples 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “Oedipe” offered a hushed chorus and then a canny duet in which Oedipus’ rage meets Antigone’s steadiness, a mixture of vigor and calm. Review: Opera Lafayette’s Potent Triumvirate of Daughter, Lover and Mother 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Aftermath, wrote Long last March, "is crammed with mad, flowery metaphors and hifalutin creative-writing experiments", including "hectic passages on Greek tragedy" in which she compares herself with Clytemnestra and Oedipus. Hatchet Job of the Year goes to assault on Rachel Cusk 2013-02-12T20:30:01Z Sons and Lovers: Oedipus and Jocasta meet cute. Style Invitational Week 1440: It’s parody time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The second concert, pairing The Rite of Spring with Oedipus Rex, was altogether more equivocal. LSO/Gergiev ? review 2012-05-16T17:13:13Z Take the wordplay that uses a 12-letter epithet to reference Oedipus, a character from Greek mythology; if you know the classics, you'll get the joke. "History of the World, Part 1" turns 40, and it's still good to be Mel Brooks 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z In the song Oslo Oedipus, Hval compares the windows that were boarded up in the aftermath of the bombings to closed eyes. Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel' 2013-04-18T05:00:01Z In 2016, he also wrote a play, “The Tears of Oedipus,” that tied the character’s plight to modern Greek politics. With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Sophocles's Oedipus may be 2,500 years old, but Steven Berkoff's version looks as if it got stuck, theatrically, in the 1970s. Oedipus ? review 2011-03-03T21:30:00Z In the 80-minute opera, Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex” is moved to the trash-strewn streets of a contemporary London troubled by the plagues of unemployment, poverty, police brutality and consumerism. The Orchestra Brawls in a ‘Beer and Pizza’ Oedipus Opera 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But here in Moreau’s own museum, you might find that you can’t get enough of his many preparatory sketches for “Oedipus and the Sphinx” and countless other drawings. T Magazine: Small Museums 2014-03-20T22:06:31Z One detects this meme in the deep structure of works as different as “Oedipus the King,” “The Great Gatsby” and “The Hobbit.” ‘Meanwhile, back at the ranch’ and other storytelling tricks explained in ‘Plots’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The Curse of Oedipus Tragedy befalls three generations in the kingdom of Thebes in Kenneth Cavander’s new take on the ancient Greek tales. L.A. theater openings, June 15-22: 'Houdini,' 'Oedipus' and more 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He also thinks his own innovation, switching the chronology so Oedipus dies in the second act but remains a haunting presence in the third, works better. A Minute With: Composer Julian Anderson about his opera "Thebans" 2014-04-30T17:51:16Z The first act will draw on Oedipus the King, the second on Antigone, the third on Oedipus at Colonus. Julian Anderson among new work at the English National Opera 2010-04-20T21:45:00Z The end of the book – and the film – is directly inspired by Oedipus Rex. Reading group: John Huston's Wise Blood is an unlikely cinematic feat 2012-12-21T15:10:19Z In 2005 the company addressed the issue of sightlessness in an especially forthright and dramatic manner with a production of Seneca’s “Oedipus,” directed by Mr. Schambelan. Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage, Dies at 75 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In “Oedipus the King,” the Chorus appeals to the gods, pleading with Athena and Ares for salvation. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z You don't want to write about the Oedipus complex, you want to take weight out of the story. The psychoanalyst's tale – why we need to tell stories to relieve our sorrows 2013-01-07T19:00:03Z In a lot of American high schools, you probably read the Oedipus plays and maybe the Yeats poem “Leda and the Swan.” How university trigger warnings will backfire: Does Fox News need any more ammunition against the humanities? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z He cites the example of the Oedipus myth. Love as a drug: can romance be medically prescribed? 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “No one will be seated next to a bloodied Oedipus.” Sean Graney?s ?These Seven Sicknesses,? Sophocles at Flea 2012-01-12T18:12:27Z Thanks to the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s putting some of its shows online, we can watch him as the title character in Robert Icke’s take on “Oedipus” — here a 21st-century politician on election night. Theater to Stream: Lincoln Center Theater Joins the Fray 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Classical ideals require a beginning, middle and end – that justice be done and the gods punish the guilty appropriately: Oedipus must be blinded, and by his own hand. Louise Doughty: rereading the best courtroom dramas 2013-06-21T18:00:01Z After intermission Mr. Dutoit led vocal soloists, the men of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale and the orchestra in a compelling account of “Oedipus Rex,” Stravinsky’s 50-minute -oratorio. Music Review: A Stravinksy Program With Ancient Inspiration 2011-05-04T18:58:03Z The Gospel at Colonus Playhouse, Until 23 August As an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, however, Lee Breuer's production is a lot less convincing – even troubling. The Gospel at Colonus 2010-08-22T14:51:00Z A Stravinsky evening featured “The Rite of Spring,” “The Nightingale” and “Oedipus Rex.” Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In Kate Whoriskey’s brisk and thoroughly satisfying production for Second Stage Theater, we learn that, unlike Oedipus and his mom, people who may have little else nevertheless have choices. ‘Clyde’s’ Review: Sometimes a Hero Is More Than Just a Sandwich 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In the story, Antigone is determined to properly bury her brother — Polynices, the son of the former, disgraced king Oedipus — even though his burial has been forbidden by a decree from the new king, Creon. Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ‘The Nurse Antigone’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z There’s no getting around it: “Oedipus El Rey,” like its model, is bleak — despite a hasty little coda about breaking cycles of violence and forging “new stories” to replace the old oppressive ones. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z Oedipus speaks to the role of cyclical violence in maintaining the state. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z If that's the case, it's a classic Freudian case, the frustrations of an Oedipus complex. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z Jocasta is dead by her own hand, Oedipus is blinded and bleeding. Oedipussy ? review 2012-02-09T17:55:01Z Oedipus is not only blind to the truth, but blind about the consequences of exposing truth. Oedipus ? review 2011-03-03T21:30:00Z Lee Breuer’s adaptation of Sophocles’s play — a sequel of sorts to “Oedipus Rex” — reimagines a Greek tragedy as a Pentecostal church service, creating a soulful and often joyful exploration of forgiveness. 8 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The musical retells the end of Oedipus’ tragic life through the music of the Pentecostal church. Public Theater Is to Stage ‘The Gospel at Colonus’ in September 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It's a reasonable reading of the myth, but for one complicating factor, that Breuer fails to resolve: Oedipus dies cursing his sons. The Gospel at Colonus 2010-08-22T14:51:00Z Though the tenor Paul Groves captured the questioning earnestness and, later, the shell-shocked torment of Oedipus in his expressive singing, his voice was sometimes strained. Music Review: A Stravinksy Program With Ancient Inspiration 2011-05-04T18:58:03Z As well as looking for the next generation of dramatists, it’s also offering the classics, such as this Radio 4-ish selection, comprising Sophocles’s Oedipus Cycle, plus three evergreen plays each from Chekhov and Ibsen. The Making of a Massacre and canned laughter – podcasts of the week 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Spoken in modern, colloquial language, Balagan's "Oedipus" begins like Theater Night in a madhouse. Review: Balagan experiments boldly with 'Oedipus' 2010-05-27T20:18:00Z The plague-haunted chorus shuffled into a damaged arena for Oedipus Rex, while a fascist chill inflected Antigone – Juliet Stevenson's heroine confronted an intimidating forum dominated by steep banks of steps. David Myerscough-Jones obituary 2010-05-04T18:01:00Z The difference in the grieving process with Phaedra seeing that Oedipus was gone was remarkable. Animal Doctor: What is the most humane procedure for euthanasia? 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z But what matters, he went on to explain, was that somewhere deep in Stravinsky’s consciousness “the basic metaphor contained in ‘Aida’ registered, stuck, and connected with the corresponding deep metaphor in ‘Oedipus Rex.’ When Bernstein Conducted Stravinsky, Modern Music Came Alive 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" offers a meditation on the fragile estate of mankind operating in a world whose larger design remains inscrutable. The arts become Earth-aware: Dawning age of what are known as eco-arts 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z In “Everything Under,” she subverts Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” by expanding the marginal part of Jocasta. Her Mother Disappeared 16 Years Ago. In This Novel, the Hunt Continues. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z How can we "enjoy" a performance of Oedipus Rex in which the hero blinds himself with his wife-mother's brooch pins? John Sutherland's top 10 books about books 2010-12-30T10:36:30Z Ever since Oedipus, literary heroes have been searching for — or running from — their fathers, a theme that still bedevils many a mystery story. Buried by Snow or Stuffed in a Suitcase: The Bodies Add Up in Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z If you don't like Shakespeare, there's plenty else on offer, including the slightly bizarre – but always watchable – Berkoff version of Oedipus, which is at Liverpool Playhouse before transferring to the Nottingham Playhouse. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-03-04T18:07:32Z I have a very close bond with my son, and my husband resents this, even stooping to calling him Oedipus, among the incessant criticism he levels at the child. Her husband is emotionally abusing her son. Now what? 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Just after the New Year Mr. Levine is scheduled to conduct a pair of charged 20th-century dramas, Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” James Levine?s Health at Issue in Plans for Boston Season 2010-04-11T18:40:00Z It seemed like the kind of thing Oedipus was told: You don’t know how it’s going to happen, but it’s going to happen. Dear Mitt, you walk funny 2012-09-19T00:00:00Z In classic Freudian psychology, the Oedipus complex rears itself between the ages of 3 and 6. My son’s Oedipus complex 2014-05-12T00:00:00Z It seems to continue a literary lineage that stretches from Oedipus to Hamlet to Chatterton, Raskolnikov, Rimbaud and beyond. 'If I had known Richey Edwards there's no way I could have written it' 2010-09-20T14:01:00Z As the legend goes, a prophecy predicted that Oedipus would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. 5 Real-World Incidents of Royal Patricide 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Malibu Playhouse gets magical with the world premiere of "Flim-Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter," and Anteaus Company gets tragical with the "The Curse of Oedipus." L.A. theater openings, June 15-22: 'Houdini,' 'Oedipus' and more 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The truth drives his mother to suicide and Oedipus to blind and exile himself in shame. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Like Oedipus or Othello, characters in “Oval” can neither alter their destiny nor anticipate its shape. In Elvia Wilk’s “Oval,” Earth, Capitalism, and the Human Species Sink Toward Doom 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s an example of anagnorisis, the recognition of a character’s true nature, a literary device reaching back to Oedipus and beyond. What Will It Take to Trust M. Night Shyamalan? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Worse, Blackett was a dashing, glamorous figure, described by literary critic IA Richards as a "young Oedipus". A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z Spoleto events this year vary from a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Tom Morris and the Handspring Puppet Company to a production of "Oedipus" by the Nottingham Theatre. Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC 2013-05-18T15:34:09Z But perhaps the most pointed response comes from Ron Janoff, of the New York Classical Club, who says that Trump is less Caesar and more Oedipus. Essential Arts & Culture: About Julius Caesar, the Ojai Music Festival, inequity and tower design 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Understandably, his father, Laius — king of Thebes — wasn’t particularly keen on the idea, so he left baby Oedipus on a mountain to die. 5 Real-World Incidents of Royal Patricide 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z How well does “The Gospel at Colonus” tell the story of Oedipus’ latter days? Review: Nature and Song Bring Electricity to ‘Gospel at Colonus’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In the Sophocles play, Oedipus, a traveler who is named king of Thebes after defeating a sphinx that terrorized the city, attempts to circumvent his fate only to meet it. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Each chapter of “Wonderworks” discusses multiple related texts and their hidden inventions: the “valentine armor” in Jane Austen, the “empathy generator” in “Oedipus Tyrannus,” the “gratitude multiplier” in “Middlemarch.” Art’s Greatest Enemy Might Not Be Science 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Oedipus’s Freudian faux pas may have brought on the disease, but it’s the prophecy that made it inevitable from the start. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “Oedipus Rex,” by Sophocles, first performed 429 B.C., premiered at Theater of Dionysus, Athens. Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But, as in the case of Oedipus, it reveals the folly of those who would fail to see their roles in the disaster. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z I felt like Oedipus — that it was all out of my control. The Family History Is Grim, but He?s Plotted a New Course 2011-01-14T22:35:51Z A thick layer of organ fat replaced Stravinsky's lean instrumental style, and the thundering opening Oedipus theme was delivered with earthshaking power. '60s organist Anthony Newman continues to perplex and astound 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The highlights include a new production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Tom Morris and the Handspring Puppet Company, as well as a production of "Oedipus" by the Nottingham Theatre. Spoleto Festival USA announces its 2013 season 2012-12-09T14:01:31Z Even though she is just a substitute, Hannah shows real enthusiasm discussing “Oedipus Rex,” that old high school chestnut, with her precocious charges. 'Girls' Recap: An Awkward Date Night for Hannah 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Taking on Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, adapted and directed by Don Taylor – was particularly ambitious, but their screenings over successive nights in 1984 were widely applauded. Louis Marks obituary 2010-10-07T17:24:00Z It’s the old war of all against all, with fur and feathers, snouts and slapstick, and a guest appearance by Oedipus. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Delivers the Thrills, With a Touch of Humanity 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z They essentially jell into two separate stories: the curse upon the house of the mother-lovin’ Oedipus and his descendants, and the Trojan War’s psychological, moral and physical destruction of Greece’s finest soldiers and their families. Theater Review: Adapting Sophocles: ?These Seven Sicknesses? at Flea Theater 2012-02-04T00:26:35Z Numerous modern explanations have been offered for Hamlet’s dilatory approach to the matter of avenging his father, from Ernest Jones’s “Hamlet and Oedipus” to T. S. Eliot’s judgment that the play was a failure. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z The festival’s grand finale presented Stravinsky’s mythological epics “Persephone” and “Oedipus Rex.” Critic’s Notebook: Bard Music Festival Focuses on Works in France and U.S. 2013-08-19T22:00:34Z That “Oedipus” was recorded at Symphony Hall in Boston, in conjunction with the Norton Lectures that Bernstein delivered at Harvard in 1973. When Bernstein Conducted Stravinsky, Modern Music Came Alive 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Each time the playwright returned to the Oedipus saga, he was compelled by a thematic idea that had no easy resolution. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The blind spots in their vision made Oedipus look like a seer, but it was a willful, manipulative blindness they were engaged in. Commentary: GOP debate made it clear that cutting humanities from universities is a danger to humankind 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z In Sophocles’s Antigone, for example, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, must decide whether to obey the laws or follow her religious beliefs. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Gilman recognized that what Sophocles was pursuing in “Oedipus Rex” and Shakespeare in “King Lear,” Chekhov was similarly exploring in “The Three Sisters” and Beckett in “Waiting For Godot.” Commentary: Richard Gilman, the complicated subject of a new memoir, helped raise the bar for theater criticism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z He had walked himself into a conundrum that we might call the Oedipus Trap. Opinion | What the world can learn from a lobotomy surgeon’s horrible mistake 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In “Oedipus at Colonus,” Sophocles is consumed with the prospect of salvation after prolonged suffering. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Oedipus, paragon of problem-solvers, discovers by the end of the play the limits of his own keen intellect. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The Oedipus myth is not just about parents; it’s about patriarchy. Review: Comics icon Grant Morrison's debut novel is a marvel of Oedipal camp 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z It can be felt at the Getty Villa during a recent rehearsal for Deaf West Theatre’s upcoming production of “Oedipus,” as bodies move across the stage with practiced fluidity. How L.A.'s Deaf West is becoming the American theater company of the moment 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z I assume you’re familiar with the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother. Opinion | What the world can learn from a lobotomy surgeon’s horrible mistake 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The connection between suffering and redemption is of course central to Christianity, making Breuer and Telson’s recontextualizing of the Oedipus story both resonant and curiously compatible. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z A new version of “Oedipus,” adapted and directed by Jenny Koons at the Getty Villa’s Outdoor Theater, retells the tale in a theatrical mode that combines American Sign Language and spoken English. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z We’re supposed to believe Oedipus is even more destructive if he wears his mother’s dresses. Review: Comics icon Grant Morrison's debut novel is a marvel of Oedipal camp 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z In the case of “Oedipus,” Kurs is particularly excited about the mix of Greek theater and sign language. How L.A.'s Deaf West is becoming the American theater company of the moment 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But that didn’t stop his mother from hanging herself when she found out, or Oedipus from gouging out his own eyes. Opinion | What the world can learn from a lobotomy surgeon’s horrible mistake 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The show introduces “the book of Oedipus” as though it were a sacred text in a religious service. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Of course, Oedipus is a passionate drama, regularly exploding in fury and ending in agony. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Even so, things didn’t work out so well for Oedipus in the end. Perspective | For years, a golden sphinx statue stood guard over Fort Holabird in Baltimore. Where is it now? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Oedipus is played by a hearing actor, and Jocasta by a deaf actor, so the characters’ inherent conflict is heightened in a way that remains true to Deaf culture. How L.A.'s Deaf West is becoming the American theater company of the moment 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Which, of course, raises the disquieting question: What Oedipus traps might we have stumbled into unawares? Opinion | What the world can learn from a lobotomy surgeon’s horrible mistake 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z This new revival departs from his plan of dividing Oedipus into two roles, Preacher Oedipus and Blind Oedipus. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Russell Harvard’s Oedipus is tyrannical without understanding himself to be so. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, Sahl might leaven his monologues with allusions to the Oedipus complex or references to monotheism and then preface a new target by saying, “Dig this” — or, more often, “Onward!” Revolutionary comic Mort Sahl has died 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Gregor Lopes, who plays a Corinthian in “Oedipus,” says Deaf West has already changed his vision of what is possible in life. How L.A.'s Deaf West is becoming the American theater company of the moment 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z If you are already embroiled in an Oedipus Trap, however, then the second lesson is never to raise the stakes by betting your reputation along with your sanity. Opinion | What the world can learn from a lobotomy surgeon’s horrible mistake 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Anguish hangs on Roston’s Oedipus as somberly as his tattered garments. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps the point is the flimsiness of such royal symbols, but the toy cornet robs Harvard’s Oedipus of some dignity. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Jean Cocteau’s libretto was less concerned with solving a murder mystery than underscoring the fated tragedy of Oedipus not knowing who he was. Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to the left, its decadent chandeliers dripping light, awaits its debut Sunday when Los Angeles Opera returns inside for “Oedipus Rex.” This is what reopening looks like at the Music Center in DTLA: joyful dancing 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Opera moves its outdoor “Oedipus Rex” into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, making it the first major L.A. arts group to stage an indoor show. Cut the intermission, please. Why I hope the pandemic ends a theatrical tradition 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Finally attuned to his fate, Oedipus knows that his burial place will bring a blessing to the city. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Matthew Jaeger, who plays Oedipus Advisor and shadows the protagonist, is afforded proper gravity. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z There is further striking context to this “Oedipus Rex,” whether or not intentional on L.A. Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z “The Oedipus at Colonus Project” David Strathairn, Bill Camp and Taylor Schilling are among the actors giving dramatic readings from Sophocles’ tragedy in this virtual event presented by Theater of War Productions. Balloon art in a DTLA fountain, and 23 other best bets for the weekend 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z That section — about 650 square meters, or 7,000 square feet — was installed in 2000 and was used for the first time that year for a staging of “Oedipus Rex,” by Sophocles. $18 Million Refit of Colosseum Will Give Visitors a Gladiator’s View 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Ariana Burks as Oedipus’ less decisive daughter Ismene fleshes out this sorrowful family tale. Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z His close interaction with Harvard’s Oedipus helps embody the tragic journey. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In 1997, Salonen conducted “Oedipus” again in the hall, this time on the same program in which he led the premiere of his own groundbreaking “LA Variations.” Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z When Oedipus finally discovered the horrible truths in front of him, truths he had been hiding from, he blinded himself by stabbing his eyes with golden brooches. Justice for the Negro Leagues Will Mean More Than Just Stats 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Over time, she directed more than 25 productions at the theater and remained associated with the troupe until her last performances in “Oedipus/Antigone” in 2017, when she was in her mid-80s. Gunnel Lindblom, sensual star of Ingmar Bergman’s ‘The Silence,’ dies at 89 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z This device allowed actors in “Oedipus El Rey” to interact with their director, Chay Yew, who was not in Los Angeles. How the Kirk Douglas Theatre transformed into a digital studio for streaming 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Harvard would benefit at times from more restraint, but he intrepidly travels to the extreme verge of Oedipus’ saga. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z With “Oedipus Rex,” a not happy, not hopeful work, overt visceral thrills competed with demanding, thoughtful pause. Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Fresh off playing Oedipus over Zoom, Oscar Isaac seems like he really sank his teeth into the role of a good, doomed man. The highs, lows, and epic sandworm cameos of the first Dune trailer 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z As it happens, Oedipus himself killed that previous king. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Oedipus, while flawed, responds with empathy and compassion for his suffering people. Feedback: Coronavirus survival tips from cats plus LACMA demolition and the paparazzi effect 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Creon is vibrantly transformed by Jon Wolfe Nelson into a Beverly Hills aristocrat, a little shallow perhaps but able to hold his own when Oedipus turns against him. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z He wanted a lyric tenor as vulnerable, clueless Oedipus. Review: L.A. Opera is first in the U.S. to return to its home stage. Emotions flow 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Oedipus, having begat where he was begotten, took responsibility and blinded himself. Beach closures, dog walks gone wild: Adjusting to coronavirus life 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z All of this qualified Oedipus as the classic example of the tragic hero, a son of nobility who lacks self-knowledge, in this case an understanding of his true origins. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z When Teiresias, an old blind prophet, reveals under duress that the murderer is in fact Oedipus himself, the king, not knowing his true origins, reacts as though he’s the target of a political hit job. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z This version of “Oedipus,” based on a translation of “Oedipus the King” by Ian Johnston, softens a bit at the end. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The news outlet reports that the ancient legend of Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes, mentions the existence of Tenea. Huge ancient baths unearthed in Greece's lost city of Tenea 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “Fortunately, we were with the Toneelgroep company, which has been together for so many years, doing amazing work. It was a revelation. Hans Kesting as Oedipus – what a phenomenon, what a collaborator.” Electra, Oresteia and an execution: the daring designs of Hildegard Bechtler – in pictures 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Focused as it was on the inevitable downfall of a tragic hero in a plague-stricken city, "Oedipus Rex" must have been deeply disturbing, if not terrifying, to watch in the Athens of that moment. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Insulted and incensed, Oedipus responds as intemperately as Trump when crossed by a politician or held to account by a member of the press. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The, rather uncomfortable, theory was originally put forth more than a century ago by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud who dubbed it the Oedipus complex in males. Are We More Attracted To People Who Look Like Our Parents? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z One mythological character in Sánchez’s work is Antigone, the youngest daughter of Oedipus, which reflects her own outlook. Zilia Sánchez: 92-year-old artist gets her first museum retrospective 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Ancient heroes who wished to grasp the truth of things had to pass through underworlds, or dwell in caves; sometimes, like Oedipus, they could see clearly only once they had been blinded. Can a sleepless night awaken creativity? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Sophocles took the legendary story of Oedipus the king and added a wholly original element: he set its plot in motion with a plague. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z To salve his injured pride, Oedipus harks back to the equivalent of his electoral coup. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Today, Freud's Oedipus complex and Jung’s Electra complex serve as textbook examples of poorly devised notions according to scientific criteria, ones that often draw scorn during psychology lectures. Are We More Attracted To People Who Look Like Our Parents? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z “Everything Under” is a retelling of “Oedipus Rex,” set in the community of people who live in boats along the canals of Oxford. Paperback Picks: books by James Atlas, Rachel Joyce and Nadia Murad 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Conner mentioned that when she was a high school senior she wrote a thesis comparing the Doors’ song “The End” with the Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex.” Cultural Divide: Books, poems and the Doors inspire liberal women in Virginia against Trump and conservatives - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z "Oedipus Rex" takes place in Thebes while "a fiery demon" grips the city. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The title “Oedipus Tyrannos” is often preferred by translators to “Oedipus the King” or “Oedipus Rex,” as the Greek word calls attention to the way power was obtained through achievement rather than heredity. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Morgan Freeman played young Oedipus, and the Blind Boys sang the part of the blinded Oedipus. Clarence Fountain, a founding member of the Blind Boys of Alabama, dies at 88 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The obligatory liver reference should probably go here, but more to the point is that, like the ancient Greeks out for an evening's entertainment seeing "Oedipus," I had no idea this was even literature. Roth a bard of the unbridled libido, but also a writer whose passing brings tears 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The title of Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus Tyrannos" refers to how the protagonist, an outsider in Thebes, obtained the throne through personal achievement. In 'Tyrant,' Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt turns to Shakespeare for answers to Trump 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Its king, Oedipus, desperate to understand why the gods have called such a plague down upon his realm, sends an emissary to the famed Delphic Oracle to find out. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Ironically — and Sophocles’ play is built on structures of irony — Oedipus discovers his guilt through his merit. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “The old theory to explain Capgras syndrome was that it was some kind of Freudian thing, a childhood Oedipus or Electra complex,” Ramachandran said. This strange syndrome causes people to think their loved ones have been replaced by identical impostors 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z You have been tragic, but you are no Oedipus, Rex. Rex Tillerson: hapless, hopeless and tragic. Now his time is up | Richard Wolffe 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Oedipus: “Often the freedom of silence is more dangerous than speech to king and kingdom.” Compelled Political Speech Cuts Civic Friendship ‘Right in Two’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z In doing so, Oedipus had, however inadvertently, fulfilled the first part of a previous Delphic prophecy: that he would kill his father and marry his mother. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “I pity you children,” Oedipus says after the priest makes his plea. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Oedipus is a mythological king who killed his father and married his mother. Brown probing alleged hazing on men’s swim and dive team 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Shepard’s take on the Oedipus myth, “A Particle of Dread,” made its 2013 debut in Northern Ireland, with Stephen Rea in the leading role. Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 73 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It all somehow morphs into an “Oedipus Rex” takeoff that ends in unbearable violence. Experimental 1969 Japanese film 'Funeral Parade of Roses' provokes and entrances 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z But like Oedipus, its citizens undoubtedly wanted to better understand the cause of their affliction. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z She’s willing to pooh-pooh religious principle to assuage Oedipus’ anxiety, but nothing can stop the past from remorselessly revealing itself. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z While Sophocles is better remembered for writing “Antigone” and “Oedipus Rex,” he was also a general in the Athenian Army and lived during the decades-long Peloponnesian War. Opinion | U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Christopher Eccleston is to play Oedipus in a BBC Radio 3 drama marking the centenary of the birth of author and composer Anthony Burgess. Christopher Eccleston to play Oedipus in Radio 3 Anthony Burgess season - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He would like to find a particular trilogy by Xenocles – the now utterly obscure playwright who won first prize in the Great Dionysia, beating Sophocles’s Oedipus into second place. The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Unlike Oedipus Rex, Trump Rex has not the slightest interest in confronting the truth of his sins or the horror of his actions. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z To read the play, to follow Oedipus’ trajectory from first of men to accursed outcast, is to confront the paradox of humanity’s breathtaking majesty and inescapable frailty. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z His roles have ranged from The Messenger in “Oedipus Rex” to a talking blob in a Mucinex commercial. T.J. Miller on Erlich Bachman, Yogi Bear and improv on tour 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z "Having one of the UK's leading actors, Christopher Eccleston, playing the title role in the UK premiere of Burgess' Oedipus the King will be a treat for us all." Christopher Eccleston to play Oedipus in Radio 3 Anthony Burgess season - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “El Paso Blue” The company presents Octavio Solis’s drama, loosely based on “Oedipus Rex” and set in a Mexican American community in Texas. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, June 23-29, 2016 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z As with Oedipus, the president's extraordinary arrogance has put the country in peril. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z A priest flocked by suppliant children entreats Oedipus, renowned for his mental prowess, to find the answer that will rescue the city. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z He was urged to perform by his Denver East High School theater teacher, Melody Duggan, who put him in everything: musicals and comedies and even “Oedipus Rex,” in which he played The Messenger. T.J. Miller on Erlich Bachman, Yogi Bear and improv on tour 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Oedipus, DJ and program director, WBCN: We didn’t care if the artists were black or white. ‘Walk This Way’: The collaboration that changed music — and popular culture 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The baby, of course, is rescued, and Oedipus grows up never knowing his true identity — and then unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. The science behind the time travel in Quantum Break 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Don't expect the president to put out his own eyes, as Oedipus does at the end of the play. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Oedipus, the Theban ruler, confronts a plague that’s killing the crops and causing widespread sterility. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “Oedipus is now part of our animal ambassador team and helps us share the importance of conservation locally and globally.” This One-Eyed Owl Just Found a New Home 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z When the plague descended on Thebes, Oedipus sent his brother-in-law to the Delphic oracle to discover the cause. Trump is the GOP’s Frankenstein monster. Now he’s strong enough to destroy the party. 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Take, for instance, Oedipus Rex: what sets the whole thing in motion is Oedipus’s father, hearing that his son will kill him and marry his mother, leaving his baby to die exposed in the wilderness. The science behind the time travel in Quantum Break 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z There are a few corny, too-obvious moments, such as a simpering appearance by a character named Oedipus, and a neighborhood cafe conveniently called the Deus Ex Machina. Spike Lee takes on gun violence with passion and bold creativity in ‘Chi-Raq’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Oedipus has flaws, but a lack of empathy isn’t one of them. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Now, what if we said the writer of this plotline was a writer named Sophocles, and his ill-fated protagonist was a king called Oedipus? Two Pop Culture Wars: First Over Comics, Then Over Music 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The party searches desperately for the cause and the remedy without realizing that, like Oedipus, it is the party itself that brought on this plague. Trump is the GOP’s Frankenstein monster. Now he’s strong enough to destroy the party. 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z College-level seniors under his tutelage read “Oedipus the King,” Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” ”Beowulf” and Dante’s “Inferno.” Role of classics in classroom changing 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z They said probably when I got home my parents had separated right before I got back and something about an Oedipus complex - you want to marry your mother, and hate your father. South Texas Vietnam veteran chronicles battle with PTSD 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Dodds dismantles the notion that Oedipus must be either a victim of fate or a casualty of his own faulty character. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Leaving Oedipus out of the discussion, the video focuses on two major battles: one over gory comic books in the 1950s, the other over sex- and violence-laden rock songs in the 1980s. Two Pop Culture Wars: First Over Comics, Then Over Music 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is often thought of as the original detective story. Sherlock Holmes Was an Economist in Disguise 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s no fashion for tweaking and twisting them, the way Western theaters routinely do with the likes of “Hamlet” or “Oedipus Rex.” Celebrating an ancient art form 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z This comes from the Greek myth of Oedipus, the first to successfully solve the sphinx’s riddle, although ancient accounts differ on exactly what riddle the sphinx asked. From Harry Potter Latin to Hunger Games Rome: the classical jokes hiding in your favourite children's books 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Oedipus’ distinction lies not so much in the profundity of his suffering as in the heroism with which he accepts responsibility for crimes he was subjectively innocent in committing. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Plato had little use for dramatists like Sophocles or those plays based on the complex Oedipus. Two Pop Culture Wars: First Over Comics, Then Over Music 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Like the modern detective, Oedipus tries to uncover the murderer by searching for evidence and questioning witnesses. Sherlock Holmes Was an Economist in Disguise 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Basically, that’s what happens to Oedipus, Othello, and Adam and Eve. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: America's Not Ready To Dump Trump 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Somehow knowing that Oedipus was doomed to kill his dad and marry his mom inflated the play’s suspense rather than neutralized it. The modern Greek tragedy of financial crisis 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But “Oedipus Rex” is also a study in political leadership. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z We may as well state plainly what we all know: Black men are this nation’s outcasts, marked like Oedipus for doom from birth. Fighting to Reclaim the Future of Oakland's Young Black Men 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Societies keep reformulating the kinds of cautionary stories they tell about intergenerational erotics and the catastrophes that result, starting with Oedipus. Being Melodramatic About College Student-Teacher Relationships 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z "There was a team brainstorm, we all ate lots of chocolate fingers and maybe made jokes about Oedipus," Cownie's quoted as saying. Publisher's Mum campaign fails - or does it? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But whether you believe in orgones, Oedipus or the Operating Thetans of Scientology, you would probably benefit from a chat with your friendly neighborhood shrink. How psychiatry emerged from the wilds to become a medical discipline 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A tragedy as ruthless as “Oedipus Rex” cannot be domesticated by moralizing bromides. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The character Oedipus, for example, tries desperately to buck the prophesy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, only to end up doing just that. The Philosophical Implications of the Urge to Urinate 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “King Oedipus,” directing degree candidate Orion Jones heads a production of an experimental exploration of Sophocles’s tragedy revealing the classic story of one man’s frighteningly contemporary ambition and downfall. D.C. community calendar, Oct. 2-9, 2014 It's easy to pick out a chameleon quality that enabled him to switch, in the course of an evening, from Sophocles's tortured Oedipus to Sheridan's exuberant Mr Puff in The Critic. Laurence Olivier: still the actor's actor 25 years after his death 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The books covered in the class include Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex,” Dante’s “Inferno,” and selections from the Old Testament, among others. HAGELIN: Reading that’s good for the soul 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z While Dodds accepts that “Oedipus Rex” is “a play about the blindness of man and the desperate insecurity of the human condition,” he insists that it is also a work “about human greatness.” Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z They also brought into being others called Colorob, Dragon, Johnson and Oedipus. Building on a colossal secret 2014-05-05T02:55:00Z Later in the scene, "Oedipus hears God's voice calling him to death," the composer explains. ENO's retelling of Oedipus tragedy 2014-05-04T13:07:55Z When Oedipus solved her riddles, the Sphinx committed suicide in a headlong plunge. Jean Babilée Dies at 90; Ballet’s Acrobatic Star 2014-02-04T04:35:29Z Just one century after he described the Oedipus complex, an entire generation of dads are waging an unconscious war on the King Creon within. A Father's Day Gift That's Narcissistic But Not Self-Indulgent 2013-06-03T13:01:04Z Another early production was based on the ancient Greek story of Oedipus. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z Taxonomic and geographic comments on Guatemalan salamanders of the genus Oedipus. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala 2011-12-25T03:00:10.957Z Their first utterance is a breath, a collective sigh, before they ask their King, Oedipus - the father of their city - to save them from the curse that afflicts them. ENO's retelling of Oedipus tragedy 2014-05-04T13:07:55Z His versions of the Oedipus of Sophocles and of the Iphigenia of Euripides were rewarded by the Hungarian Academy, of which in 1838 he was elected honorary member. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Mr. Guterson sent a message: “Oedipus practically invented bad sex, so I’m not in the least bit surprised.” London Journal: David Guterson Wins Bad Sex in Fiction Award for ?Ed King? 2011-12-09T01:38:50Z Jocasta hanged herself and Oedipus tore out his eyes. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z “Oedipus practically invented bad sex, so I’m not in the least bit surprised,” Guterson said in an e-mailed statement distributed by Britain’s Literary Review, which organizes the contest. Bad Sex in Fiction Award Goes to Guterson, Sparing King, Frey 2011-12-06T23:04:38Z "The first act sees the downfall of Oedipus" says Anderson. ENO's retelling of Oedipus tragedy 2014-05-04T13:07:55Z Moreover, we will not forget to mention that the two guilty wishes of Oedipus were recognized long before the time of psychoanalysis as the true representatives of the unrestrained life of impulses. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z He excels especially in drawing character; his Antigone, his Ajax, his Oedipus—indeed, all the chief persons of his dramas—are typical studies in the great primary emotions of human nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z This story was somewhat as follows: Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z Oedipus the Wreck; or, 'To Trace the Knave.' English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z Fast forward to act three, and we see the death of Oedipus, in what the composer describes as "a kind of pre-Christian transfiguration". ENO's retelling of Oedipus tragedy 2014-05-04T13:07:55Z The mother-wife of Oedipus shall not have reminded us of the dream in vain. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z He gave a freer scope to tragic dialogue by adding a third actor; and in one of his later plays, the Oedipus at Colonus, a fourth actor is required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z It is so, for example, in the Oedipus Tyrannus. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z After Mr. Kent directed an “Oedipus” there, the artistic director of the National, Nicholas Hytner, asked what he would like to do next. Long Wait for Premiere of Long Play by Ibsen 2011-07-06T21:31:14Z In college, before he dropped out, he had performed as part of the chorus in “Oedipus Rex.” Alice Munro: “Gravel.” 2011-06-20T04:00:00Z One may think this is very little in comparison with the deeds of Oedipus, but it is actually enough, for it is essentially the same thing. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z What I most enjoyed was syllabifying the music to French, as I had done for Russian in Les Noces, and for Latin in Oedipus Rex. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z It fits in very well with the Oedipus complex, for which it helps to prepare the way. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z The amphitheaters of ancient Greece did not resound with gasps of surprise when Oedipus discovered the truth about his parentage, after all. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Too Much Information? 2011-03-31T20:02:37Z You might even argue that the relationship between consultant and client is an age-old one: Faust and Mephistopheles, Iago and Othello, Tiresias and Oedipus. How do you write a play about management consultants? 2011-03-23T16:44:10Z By this ingenious method the "Odyssey," "Oedipus," "Morte D'Arthur," "Kubla Khan," "Don Quixote," and "Rabelais" immediately are proven fine literature; a host of other esteemed works merely, if you like, good literature. Arthur Machen A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin 2011-03-09T03:00:47.587Z We were in complete agreement in choosing Oedipus Rex as the subject. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z This first configuration of the child's love, which in typical cases is co-ordinated with the Oedipus complex, succumbs, as we know, from the beginning of the period of latency onwards to a wave of repression. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z Franklin's Dissertation was dedicated to his friend James Ralph and prefaced by a misquotation from Dryden and Lee's Oedipus. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Antigone returns and to bring the news to her only friend, the blind Oedipus. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The first is, Lee makes one of his Persons a Cartesian Philosopher, 2 or 3000 Years before Descartes was born: Why did not the Critick remember this too in the same Tragedy Oedipus? An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z At the opening of the New Year I received from Cocteau the first part of his final version of Oedipus in the Latin translation of Jean Daniélou. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z A young man has been unusually long and intensely fixated upon his mother in the sense of the Oedipus complex. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z Antigone" or the "Oedipus at Colonos," the lofty poetic quality will be easier to grasp: "A great thing is love, A great good every way. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z There is still one human love that Oedipus yearns for most; that of the sin-stained wife and mother who is lying dead in the meadow of wild lotus. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Two earlier pieces, "Secret Sorrow," and "Oedipus," had the same marked characteristics. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z During the rest of the summer and the following autumn and winter, I hardly stirred from home, being entirely absorbed by my work on Oedipus. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z It plays a part in the early history of the Oedipus complex. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z And Tabloid Wayne stars as a street-walker, George Osborne and Oedipus in this week's Gallery. The Fiver 2010-10-26T15:07:00Z The sin of Oedipus and Jocasta is a thing of the past; Oedipus has blinded himself and cursed his children, and they have in course of time imprisoned him in the vaults of the palace. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z His first book, which established his reputation, was “Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles’ Tragic Hero and His Time.” Bernard Knox, 95, Classics Scholar, Dies 2010-08-17T03:28:00Z As we were too short both of time and funds to present Oedipus Rex in a stage setting, it was decided to give it in concert form. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z In consequence of the irresistible advance towards a unification of mental life they come together at last; and the normal Oedipus complex originates from their confluence. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z The Oedipus Complex If ancient Greece is known for Zeus, democracy, and civilization, modern Greece claims Aristotle Onassis and the islands, which is to say, shipping and tourism. Life Amid the Ruins 2010-06-24T21:00:00Z One play cited as appropriate for high school students is “Oedipus Rex,” by Sophocles. National Academic Standards Are Released 2010-06-02T16:02:00Z "Buy her candy or some flowers or a brand new hat," Tom Lehrer suggested in his jaunty old song "Oedipus Rex." Box Office Weekend: Iron Man 2 Goes Gold 2010-05-09T21:02:00Z The first audition of Oedipus took place at the Théatre Sarah Bernhardt on May 30, and was followed by two more under my direction. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z The plot was no doubt chosen for its accumulated horrors from analogy with the tragic subjects of Oedipus and Thyestes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Oedipus, the son of Laius, ignorant of his parentage, successfully accomplished the task and married Jocasta, his mother. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Her whose ... woe: the nightingale, 'for which Sophocles seems to have entertained a peculiar fondness'; Collins here refers to the famous chorus in the Oedipus at Colonus. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes According to Herman's interpretation, Primus was a case of arrested infantile sexualism, with traces of conversion hysteria and a strong Oedipus complex. Freudian Slip At the end of February I went to Berlin for the first performance of my Oedipus, which was being produced at the Staatsoper under Klemperer. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z The mention of the nightingale and Narcissus in this passage suggests that it may be a reminiscence of the chorus in the Oedipus Coloneus,—“Of this land of goodly steeds, O stranger.” Minor Poems by Milton Sphinx’s riddle, say you, which yet awaits its Oedipus? Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12 The riddle of the southern sphinx awaited its Oedipus. Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 The Chorus here has an importance altogether wanting in the Chorus of the Oedipus. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The management had at first intended to produce Oedipus also. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Who can declare what is the single moral contained in the "Oedipus" of Sophocles, the "Hamlet" of Shakspere, the "Tartufe" of Molière? Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews In 1692 he brought out a prose translation, “with remarks,” of the Oedipus and Electra of Sophocles. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare It was here that he sketched his poem of the "League," corrected his tragedy of "Oedipus," and wrote some merry verses on the misfortune, of being a prisoner. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." But we look in vain for the progressive and thickening incidents of the Oedipus. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century I then went to Amsterdam to conduct Oedipus at the Concertgebouw, which was celebrating its fortieth anniversary by a series of sumptuous musical productions. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z She devoured those who could not answer, but when Oedipus solved the riddle she destroyed herself. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings Schilling's symphonic prologue to "Oedipus Rex" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events A rigid fashion, verily, This mask, this garment, seem to us, Intriguing with its mystery The ball-room's every Oedipus. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Are they on that account to be rated below the Oedipus, which, in spite of its many beauties, has not even a share of the richness and sublimity of either? English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century It is therefore not astonishing that I should always have been more than satisfied with their rendering of my works, and was so now with Oedipus, in which these qualities were fully displayed. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Read me this riddle, good Mr. Shortface, and oblige your admirer—Oedipus.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Poems.—Caesar in his youth composed a poem in praise of Hercules, and a tragedy, Oedipus. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors If Oedipus had been an ordinary man the play would have been a very different and a much poorer thing. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes And it is no doubt true that to Shakespeare, standing on the verge of the Middle Ages, the epoch of Macbeth was more familiar than that of Oedipus. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century In February I went to conduct Oedipus at a concert in the Dresden Opera House, where I was particularly impressed by the incomparable finish of the Dresdner Lehrergesangsverein choirs. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Le Kain published shortly after his success, the following particulars of his first connexion with M. de Voltaire, to which he prefixed this expressive motto from the play of Oedipus. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 He had fortunately, at that time, just finished his Oedipus at Colonos. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Oedipus, supposed son of Polybus, King of Corinth; now elected King of Thebes. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The outward man of Oedipus or of Macbeth, the houses in which they lived, the ceremonies of their courts, he cannot accurately figure to himself; but neither do they essentially concern him. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Oedipus was the sole item on the program, and was given twice on the same day—at a public general rehearsal at noon, and at the concert itself in the evening. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z The Freudians have said that the play of Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's Oedipus Complex. A Dominie in Doubt It is recorded that he composed one hundred and twenty tragedies, of which not more than seven are extant—namely, Ajax, Electra, Oedipus the Tyrant, Antigone, The Trachiniæ, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonos. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Jocasta, Queen of Thebes; widow of Laïus, the late King, and now wife to Oedipus. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes An objection has been ably urged to the classing together, as subjects equally belonging to a past time, Oedipus and Macbeth. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The beauteous Epicaste44 saw I then, Mother of Oedipus, who guilt incurr’d Prodigious, wedded, unintentional, To her own son; his father first he slew, Then wedded her, which soon the Gods divulged. The Odyssey of Homer And now, I think, our business is done; you’ll keep to your side of the bargain about the Oedipus and Antigone?” Romola Where is the Oedipus that will solve her riddle of happiness, and then strangle her?—only to marry his own mother! The Lost Girl Soon afterwards there came to Thebes a young Prince of Corinth, Oedipus, who had left his home and was wandering. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The character of Oedipus too is finely drawn, and identified with the development of the action. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century It is part of the unresolved Oedipus complex. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis See, now, the face of Oedipus is pretty nearly finished; tell me what you think of it.” Romola His version of Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King' was published in 1885, while the 'Ajax' and 'Electra' were printed in prose, 1895. The Book-Hunter at Home The throne being vacant was offered to Oedipus, and with it the hand of the Queen, Jocasta. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes There can be no real doubt that it is far more like the Prometheus or the Oedipus than it is like Hamlet or All for Love. Milton The subjects of the Oedipus Tyrannus or the Hercules Furens might be called morbid; but not the handling of them by Sophocles and Euripides. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Aristotle knew that psychological analysis and moral rhetoric were not the authors of Clytemnestra or Oedipus. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Perhaps "Oedipus Coloneus" is nearest approach among Greek tragedies to the elevation of "Prometheus Bound," and Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" has much of the Greek sublimity and more than the Greek frigidity. A Hero and Some Other Folks As the Palace door opens and Oedipus comes out all the suppliants with a cry move towards him in attitudes of prayer, holding out their olive branches, and then become still again as he speaks. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes A sort of inspiration pervaded the great artist, and his enthusiasm infected the spectators, especially Alexander, who was carried away by Talma's passion in the representation of "Oedipus." Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The Agamemnon, the Oedipus, the Bacchae are not to be explained wholly by them. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield If you protest against that as too harsh for Christians and college professors, right-thinkers and forward-lookers, then you protest against "Oedipus Rex." A Book of Prefaces O for some Oedipus to solve the riddle of the cruel Sphynx! The Last Man Oedipus My children, fruit of Cadmus' ancient tree New springing, wherefore thus with bended knee Press ye upon us, laden all with wreaths And suppliant branches? Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes A murmur of applause was heard; all appeared astonished at this public demonstration; even Oedipus on the stage seemed to be impressed, and his voice trembled. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia They are briefer: the Oedipus Tyrannus has 1530 lines while the first two acts of Hamlet alone have more than 1600, and Greek histories and philosophical writings are correspondingly shorter than their modern counterparts. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Here we have in either case but one person, first Oedipus, then Jocasta; but the expansion of number into the plural gives an impression of multiplied calamity. On the Sublime Even Oedipus suffers, not merely because he is under the curse of a higher power, but because he is wilful, and rushes upon his own fate. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Oh, let That bird of old that made us fortunate Wing back; be thou our Oedipus again. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes I thought I should like the 'Oedipus Rex,'" he replied gravely; "but I could not read it. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Some of the oldest among them may have seen and heard the "Prometheus Vinctus"; certainly very many of them have seen "Antigone," and "Oedipus," and "Electra"; and all of them have heard the Rhapsodists. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Nevertheless no one in his senses would deny that a single play of Sophocles, the Oedipus, is of higher value than all the dramas of Io put together. On the Sublime The arresting and triumphant “grip” of the tragic misfortunes of Oedipus and Orestes, the combination of the course of fate and the ἁμαρτία of the individual, is totally absent. Matthew Arnold Not to make laughter, Oedipus, nor cast Against thee any evil of the past I seek thee, but ... Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes I could give an instance in the "Oedipus Tyrannus," which was the master piece of Sophocles; but I reserve it for a more fit occasion, which I hope to have hereafter. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 This, answered Oedipus, is Man; and most fearfully did he realize it in his own life! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 In fancy we can see her, crouched on a rock beside the great highway to Thebes, propounding her fatal riddle to the bewildered passers by, till Oedipus shall come. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 Contrariwise, Sophocles makes Oedipus sit on a rock, even at the cost of great personal inconvenience, from the very beginning of his tragedy. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Oedipus thinks he is there all the time. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes What plebeian Lear or Oedipus, what Israel Potter, cowers there by the corner they shun? Israel Potter The play was "Oedipus," and the part of Tiresias, the blind prophet, was undertaken by Dr. Clancy. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character What suits the page of Plautus would look poor in 'Oedipus' or 'Agamemnon.' Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But neither Prometheus nor Oedipus nor Electra, nor anyone but an Attic poet of the highest culture, would talk as Sophocles makes them. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The Priest thinks it necessary to state explicitly that he does not regard Oedipus as a god, but he is clearly not quite like other men. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes You need not be an Oedipus to guess this riddle. Montcalm and Wolfe "This wearer of crinoline seems destined to play Oedipus to the Sphinx he is supposed to be;" or better still, as he gallantly adds, the "Lais" for whose sake he will unveil the mystery unasked. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Who to-day Shall dole to Oedipus, the wandering exile, Their meagre gifts? The Seven Plays in English Verse Alfieri is the only poet of modern times, whose works have been judged worthy of this stage, and no drama has been given on it since 1857, when the "Oedipus Tyrannus" of Sophocles was played. Italian Journeys And it seems as if Oedipus himself realised in this scene that the oracle from Delphi might well demand the king's life. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes Sulla celebrated the festival for the victory in Thebes at the fountain of Oedipus, where he erected a stage. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II I leave that Word to be unriddled by you: I am Sphinx, and you shall be Oedipus. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. The essential innocence of Oedipus, which survives the ruin of his hopes in this world, supplies the chief motive of the Oedipus at Colonos. The Seven Plays in English Verse To him this boy, broken for cowardice and cast off by his father and friends, was as tragic a figure as Oedipus. V. V.'s Eyes Naturally Oedipus would give thanks if his father was dead. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes For when we find out what Fate is, I suppose, the Sphinx and we are done for; and Sphinx, Oedipus, and world ought, by good rights, to roll down the steep into the sea. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. This is the reason why Oedipus King is a better play than Ghosts. The Theory of the Theatre This drama, which Sophocles is said to have written late in life, is in many ways contrasted with the former Oedipus. The Seven Plays in English Verse Take, for instance, the Oedipus at Colonos of Sophocles and King Lear, each perhaps the most complex and varied work of the author. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England There are traces in Oedipus of the pre-hellenic Medicine King, the Basileus who is also a Theos, and can make rain or blue sky, pestilence or fertility. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes He withdrew from the public until 1864, when his Oedipus and the Sphinx set Paris talking. Promenades of an Impressionist Oedipus King has been married to his mother many years before the play begins; but the Greek crowd forbore to ask why, in so long a period, the enormity had never been discovered. The Theory of the Theatre On this Creon, the brother-in-law of Oedipus, succeeding to the chief power, forbade the burial of Polynices. The Seven Plays in English Verse Tragic indeed—one of those lives fated from the beginning, doomed to sorrow and to crime like the Orestes, the Oedipus, of old. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Oedipus himself is selected by Aristotle as the most effective kind of tragic hero, because, first, he has been great and glorious, and secondly he has not been "pre-eminently virtuous or just." Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes Oedipus, covered with the blood that still drops from the sockets of the eyes he has torn out, complains bitterly of gods and men. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations The greatest of all Greek dramas, Oedipus King, is in itself sufficient proof that morality is a thing apart from subject-matter; and Shelley's The Cenci is another case in point. The Theory of the Theatre Say, hath not Heaven decreed to execute On thee and me, while yet we are alive, All the evil Oedipus bequeathed? The Seven Plays in English Verse Oedipus taken from the Tree exhibited at the Salon. Jean Francois Millet Oedipus is too passionate to be just; but he is at least noble in his impetuosity, his devotion, and his absolute truthfulness. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes I knew not, that I was not the only lonely one, that I was not the selected Oedipus, the special victim of an iron law. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Let us remember Oedipus and the way in which in this drama one riddle is always solved by another riddle. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Dwellers in our native Thebè, fix on Oedipus your eyes. The Seven Plays in English Verse "I have no leisure to be an Oedipus." The Man Who Laughs As to the Chorus, it generally plays a smaller part in Sophocles than in Euripides and Aeschylus, and the Oedipus forms no exception to that rule. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes There can be no doubt that Voltaire has put his finger upon the very centre of those underlying causes which make the Oedipus perhaps the most awful of tragedies. Books and Characters French and English At Harvard he is best remembered as Creon in the Oedipus Tyrannus, where his handsome face and figure and mellifluous Greek won much admiration. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Daughter of Oedipus, be well assured We view with pity both thy case and his, But fear of Heavenly wrath confines our speech To that we have already said to you. The Seven Plays in English Verse The tetralogy to which it belonged consisted of the 'Laïus,' 'Oedipus,' 'Seven Against Thebes,' and 'Sphinx.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Lord Oedipus, these be but words of wrath, All thou hast spoke and all the Prophet hath. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, for instance, is not a tragedy of character; and its vast crescendo of horror is produced by a dramatic treatment of situation, not of persons. Books and Characters French and English He wrote a number of dramas, over 100 it is alleged, but only 7 survive, and these in probable order are "Ajax," "Antigone," "Electra," "Oedipus Tyrannus," "Trachineæ," "Oedipus Coloneus," and "Philoctetes." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Preserve Thine own good faith, and thou shalt never say, Unless Heaven’s promise fail me, that for nought Athens took Oedipus to dwell with her. The Seven Plays in English Verse I must own, I think, there needs no great Oedipus to solve the difficulty of this passage. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. No tale thereof they tell, nor no sign thereof they show; Who dares to rise for vengeance and cast Oedipus away For a dark, dark death long ago! Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes It was at the theatre; we were playing 'Oedipus.' Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era Oedipus was not saved by an instinct from marrying his mother. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Under such auspices, Oedipus was born, and to elude the prophecy was exposed by his parents on Mount Cithaeron. The Seven Plays in English Verse Oedipus King of Thebes; a Tragedy translated from Sophocles, with notes, translated in the year 1715, dedicated to the earl of Rockingham. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. But I list not nor hearken when they speak Oedipus ill. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes A plume of feathers, never used but by Oedipus and the Earl of Essex. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Shakespeare affords some magnificent examples, likewise Balzac, likewise George Eliot, likewise Tourgueneff; the "Oedipus" is, of course, the crowning and final achievement in the music of sequence and the massy harmonies of fate. Confessions of a Young Man But Oedipus succeeded and overcame her, and, as Laius did not return, was rewarded with the regal sceptre,—and with the hand of the queen. The Seven Plays in English Verse If their love is to be roused by words, the words must be as beautiful and as simple as the chorus in praise of Athens in the Oedipus Coloneus. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Good brother citizens, a frantic word I hear is spoken by our chosen Lord Oedipus against me, and here am come Indignant. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes When Dryden had but just finished his "Religio Laici," Lee, who had assisted in the play of "Oedipus," claimed Dryden's promise to requite the obligation. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author I am a homely man, and do not understand hints, innuendoes, and riddles, like Oedipus. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook I would not learn of your estate, my sons, Through others, wherefore I myself am come, Your Oedipus,—a name well known to men. The Seven Plays in English Verse This is the point of all that is terrible in the oracles, the region where Oedipus reigns supreme. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Oedipus stands apart lost in trouble of mind. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The tragedy of "Oedipus" was written by Dryden in conjunction with Lee; the entire first and third acts were the work of our author, who also arranged the general plan, and corrected the whole piece. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Oedipus was the Theban who expounded the riddle of the Sphinx, that puzzled all his countrymen. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Citizens, hearing of dire calumny Denounced on me by Oedipus the King, I am here to make loud protest. The Seven Plays in English Verse The riddle of the modern Sphinx is, How to create a new architecture? and we find the Oedipus who shall solve it concealed in our own hearts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Good masters, is there one of you could bring My steps to the house of Oedipus, your King? Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The managers of the King's company complained to the Lord Chamberlain, and endeavoured, as we have seen, by pleading upon the contract, to assert their right to the play of "Oedipus." The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author What he thought not even another Oedipus could have conjectured. Trailin'! Are ye the men to tell me where to find The mansion of the sovereign Oedipus? The Seven Plays in English Verse Sylla celebrated his victory at Thebes with spectacles, for which he erected a stage, near Oedipus's well. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans For many a year Oedipus fled before that man, in fear To slay him. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes How in God's name the American people ever became afflicted with the idea that he is a great man, is a riddle which might make Oedipus cudgel his wits in vain. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Carol was ready to say, "How about Bernard Shaw?" when he treacherously went on, "How would it be then to give a Greek drama—say 'Oedipus Tyrannus'?" Main Street Thou art worthy of all compassion, Oedipus, Thyself and these thy daughters. The Seven Plays in English Verse In these, Moses, Joshua, and Bacchus,—Deborah, Orpheus, and the Amazons,—Abimelech, the Sphinx, and Oedipus, appear together as personages equally real, and their positions in chronology equally ascertained. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom And behold we find him thus Slain by a chance death, not by Oedipus. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes I suppose everything is immoral, from "Oedipus, the Tyrant," to Hall Caine's "Christian," that teaches that men are born of woman, and that love will have its way, even unto all bitterness. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 At the end of the preceding chapter we left the laborer at loggerheads with the law of division: how will this indefatigable Oedipus manage to solve this enigma? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery Before going into exile Oedipus had cursed his sons. The Seven Plays in English Verse Nestor in a digression tells him how Epopeus was utterly destroyed after seducing the daughter of Lycus, and the story of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, and the story of Theseus and Ariadne. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica For sudden, with a roar of wrath, Burst Oedipus upon us. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes O King, thy willful temper ails the State, For all our shrines and altars are profaned By what has filled the maw of dogs and crows, The flesh of Oedipus' unburied son. Oedipus Trilogy Oedipus expounded it, telling her it was a man,—who when a child, creepeth on all fours; in his middle age, walketh on two legs, and in his old age, two and a staff. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 Thou, Oedipus, remain In quietness and perfect trust that I, If death do not prevent me, will not rest Till I restore thy children to thy hand. The Seven Plays in English Verse "Story of Oedipus" by Cinaethon in six thousand six hundred verses. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica |
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