Tag: Sophocles
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QUOTE: Sophocles
““All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” ~ from Antigone by Sophocles It’s amazing that advice written centuries and centuries ago is still incredibly relevant in today’s society. It makes you wonder: Have we really changed all that…
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Review: ANTIGONE
Author: Sophocles Number of Pages: 80 Date of Publication: 441 “The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles’ classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that…
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Review: OEDIPUS REX
Author: Sophocles Number of Pages: 80 Release Date: around 430 BCE “Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, “Who am I?” The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with…
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