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sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
3.0
We have a tendency to confuse emotions - and two most confused emotions are guilt and shame. Now guilt is sense of having committed something wrong and repenting it - it assumes that the person knew better than that. Shame is more of an emotion imposed by Sociey on those it just doesn't like - there might be cultures who would shame LGBT communities. Society uses it's shaming tools to create a wrong sense of guilt in people even if they didn't do anything wrong. In the end, we start feeling guilty just because we must hide a thing from society that would shame is from it ..... Or might knowingly commit wrong acts that society doesn't consider shameful. This while LGBTQ communities suffer from guilt for not adhering to tradional sexual norms; army soldiers feel arrogantly proud of taking human lives.
Oedipus killed his father whom he didn't know to be his father and upon learning about it (and fact of having married his mother) seemed to have suffered from shame rather than actual guilt. A shame that was added on to by wrath of gods who could have easily prevented it themselves. Oedipus oscillates between the wrong sense of guilt the shame evokes and the idea that he can't be held responsible for actions done in ignorance.
Oedipus killed his father whom he didn't know to be his father and upon learning about it (and fact of having married his mother) seemed to have suffered from shame rather than actual guilt. A shame that was added on to by wrath of gods who could have easily prevented it themselves. Oedipus oscillates between the wrong sense of guilt the shame evokes and the idea that he can't be held responsible for actions done in ignorance.
booccmaster's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mxdegroot's review against another edition
I read the stories that I particularly bought this book for, but the particular translation choices of this author just don't work for me. I noticed this when I was reading the plays and it was double confirmed when I read the last chapters about Sophocles.
March 1st, 2024 - March 28th, 2024 (April 22nd, 2024)
DNF at 248 pages/56%
March 1st, 2024 - March 28th, 2024 (April 22nd, 2024)
DNF at 248 pages/56%
nekomeith's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting to hear about Oedipus after his great fall, but not nearly as interesting as the first.
gingerliss's review against another edition
4.0
The final part to Sophocles trilogy concerning Oedipus and his family.
It filled in the gaps between Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
I feel less of a tragedy than the others, it felt more like a, sort of, happy ending for Oedipus.
Good stuff as usual, expect nothing less from the Greeks these days... :)
It filled in the gaps between Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
I feel less of a tragedy than the others, it felt more like a, sort of, happy ending for Oedipus.
Good stuff as usual, expect nothing less from the Greeks these days... :)
zajtrajsok's review against another edition
4.0
"Only the gods can never age,
the gods can never die. All else in the world
almighty Time obliterates, crushes all
to nothing."
I didn't like it as much as the other two Theban Plays, but it was still an enjoyable read.
I read the translation by Robert Fagles (from[b:The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus|56254245|The Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #1-3)|Sophocles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607734306l/56254245._SY75_.jpg|5672]).
the gods can never die. All else in the world
almighty Time obliterates, crushes all
to nothing."
I didn't like it as much as the other two Theban Plays, but it was still an enjoyable read.
I read the translation by Robert Fagles (from[b:The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus|56254245|The Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #1-3)|Sophocles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607734306l/56254245._SY75_.jpg|5672]).
lay_kone's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Minor: War
goosemixtapes's review against another edition
3.0
CHORUS: You suffered-- / OEDIPUS: --sufferings insufferable!
CHORUS: You committed-- / OEDIPUS: No, not committed!
CHORUS: Well, what, then?
OEDIPUS: I was given a gift I never should have accepted.
i don't think this play needs to be as long as it is. greek theater is, broadly, People Stand Around And Talk, but this play is really really that and it could be half as long as it is. still heartbreaking though + the stychomythia is great
translations read: whichever one i read on genius.com that time, frank nisetich
notable lines:
"Look everywhere, but you will not find a mortal man who can escape when a god leads him on." (Nisetich, lines 251-3)
"OEDIPUS: So then I'm a man, when I'm no more?" (Nisetich, line 393)
"A vast sea of sorrows is your heritage." (Nisetich, line 1746)
CHORUS: You committed-- / OEDIPUS: No, not committed!
CHORUS: Well, what, then?
OEDIPUS: I was given a gift I never should have accepted.
i don't think this play needs to be as long as it is. greek theater is, broadly, People Stand Around And Talk, but this play is really really that and it could be half as long as it is. still heartbreaking though + the stychomythia is great
translations read: whichever one i read on genius.com that time, frank nisetich
notable lines:
"Look everywhere, but you will not find a mortal man who can escape when a god leads him on." (Nisetich, lines 251-3)
"OEDIPUS: So then I'm a man, when I'm no more?" (Nisetich, line 393)
"A vast sea of sorrows is your heritage." (Nisetich, line 1746)