558 reviews for:

The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Sophocles, Robert Fitzgerald, Dudley Fitts

3.87 AVERAGE

cubeheaded's review against another edition

5.0

dark

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marcosdiazpuerta's review against another edition

5.0

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Mi ranking sería este:

1) Edipo en Colono: me pareció interesante la subversión de los temas de las anteriores tragedias. Se enfatiza que el destino trágico de Edipo no había sido su culpa, sino que estaba destinado a la ignorancia de sus actos.

2) Edipo Rey: por el contrario, acá se enfatiza la idea de responsabilidad moral ante los actos, lo que también es interesante.

3) Antígona: trata sobre la relación entre la ley humana y la divina, y como pueden chocar entre sí.

ogapey's review against another edition

5.0

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and fuck creon

kaasmetgaatjes's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

idonttcareeeee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 this took me way too long to finish omfg i hate being sick 😭😭

anyways, LOVED THISSS

i love greek tragedies, they're honestly lowkey so fun 🤷‍♀️

i loved oedipus the king, first time reading antigone and oedipus at colonus, but they were really good too. honestly antigone might be my fav, my queen love her. she's also probably my fav character too from all of them. sadly my boy tiresius does not show up in colonus, but it's okay i survived 😔🤚

in all realness, im so glad i read this.
especially with these introductions, they added so much context to the history behind the stories which honestly made me love them more, and it also helped me to apply these irl which was crazy 

isobel_a's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ronadoodle's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed it, and I’m glad I read it, but I didn’t love it. I think it would have been better enjoyed as a performance. It felt slow to read despite moving pretty quickly. 

I liked a lot of the sassy monologues, although I think I needed more background info to appreciate some of the references. It’s a great way to study the cost of pride and humility though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Classism

magicalmossmoth's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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For me, the reading is elevated knowing the order these works were originally written in and the order they are presented in are different. You can see how Sophocles changed as a writer over time and, in my opinion, see what characters the writer relates to more based on his age. 

ayyemvee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dovelie's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes