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Oedipus the King: Sophocles
by Sophocles
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“voice voice voice
voice who knows everything o god
glorious voice of Zeus
how have you come from Delphi bathe in gold
what are you telling our bright city Thebes
what are you bringing me
health death fear
I know nothing
so frightened rooted here
awed by you
healer what have you sent
is it the sudden doom of grief
or the old curse the darkness
looming in the turning season”
*
I was ready to just go through the motions of rereading this for class but this translation (Berg and Clay) is actually...really good? I’m not used to thinking of Oedipus Rex as a poetic text, aesthetically pleasing at the level of language — all anyone ever talks about (tediously, endlessly) is the content. I especially love the way they’ve handled the choral odes (as in the example above).
voice who knows everything o god
glorious voice of Zeus
how have you come from Delphi bathe in gold
what are you telling our bright city Thebes
what are you bringing me
health death fear
I know nothing
so frightened rooted here
awed by you
healer what have you sent
is it the sudden doom of grief
or the old curse the darkness
looming in the turning season”
*
I was ready to just go through the motions of rereading this for class but this translation (Berg and Clay) is actually...really good? I’m not used to thinking of Oedipus Rex as a poetic text, aesthetically pleasing at the level of language — all anyone ever talks about (tediously, endlessly) is the content. I especially love the way they’ve handled the choral odes (as in the example above).