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Tragédies complètes

Les Trachiniennes. Antigone-Ajax. Oedipe Roi. Electre-Philoctète. Oedipe à Colone

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The dominant Athenian playwright in 5th-century-BCE Athens, Sophocles left us seven powerful dramas that still shock as they render the violence that erupts within divinity & humankind. Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos & Antigone trace three generations of a family manipulated by the inscrutably vindictive god Apollo to commit patricide, incest & kin murder. Elektra & Women of Trakhis begin as studies of women obsessed with hatred & desire but become dissenting critiques of the Greeks’ enthusiasm for revenge & ego-crazed heroics. Two hard-hitting dramas set in war zones, Aias & Philoktetes, use conflicts among Greek warriors at Troy to thrash out political & ethical crises confronting Athenian society itself.

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Tragédies complètes, Sophocles, Pierre Vidal Naquet

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Released: 1973
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Title: Tragédies complètes
Subtitle: Les Trachiniennes. Antigone-Ajax. Oedipe Roi. Electre-Philoctète. Oedipe à Colone
Language: French
Authors: Sophocles, Pierre Vidal Naquet
Publisher: Folio
Released: 1973
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
ISBN10: 2070363600
ISBN13: 9782070363605
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Tags: Mythology, Ancient History, Theatre Plays, Tragedy, Ancient Greece, Greek
Description: The dominant Athenian playwright in 5th-century-BCE Athens, Sophocles left us seven powerful dramas that still shock as they render the violence that erupts within divinity & humankind. Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos & Antigone trace three generations of a family manipulated by the inscrutably vindictive god Apollo to commit patricide, incest & kin murder. Elektra & Women of Trakhis begin as studies of women obsessed with hatred & desire but become dissenting critiques of the Greeks’ enthusiasm for revenge & ego-crazed heroics. Two hard-hitting dramas set in war zones, Aias & Philoktetes, use conflicts among Greek warriors at Troy to thrash out political & ethical crises confronting Athenian society itself.