Oedipus the king text fagles translation to print or download this file, click the link below. Plants, animals, and people are dying in great numbers. The three theban plays sophocles translated by robert fagles with notes on the translation. Agamemnon the libation bearers the eumenides by aeschylus translated by robert fagles and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Robert fagless authoritative and acclaimed translation conveys all of. From the first line, the translator confronts the abyss separating sophocles greek from english.
The catastrophe of the tragic hero thus becomes the catastrophe of the fifthcentury man. Robert fagles my own flesh and blooddear sister, dear. Im going now 80 to make a burial mound for my dear brother. They call on everyone to thank the gods and dance before their shrines all night for the victory and peace.
Antigone jean anouilh page 14 against the tyrant, the man against the sate, of purity against corruption when in short your name is antigone, there is only one part you can play. Storr translation 1912 for the loeb classical library. Robert fagles translation conveys all of sophocles lucidity and power. This edition was published in 1917 with only the english translation, and without the greek text, commentary, or fragmentary plays of the earlier edition. This particular edition was rendered by robert fagles, perhaps the best translator of the greek classics into english. Towering over the rest of greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. It is known by a variety of titles the most common being oedipus rex. Towering over the rest of greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated theban royal familyantigone, oedipus the king and oedipus at colonusare among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written robert fagless authoritative and acclaimed. Translator robert fagles traces the logic antigone uses to the histories of herodotus, in a story of a persian woman who saves her brother rather than her husband or children. There is nothingno pain, no ruin, 5 no shame, nor dishonorthat i have not seen in your sufferings and mine. Antigone ismene, my sister, true child of my own mother, do you know any evil out of all the evils bequeathed by oedipus that zeus will not fulfil for the two of us in our lifetime.
Or full of woe, or base, or fraught with shame, but i have seen it in thy woes and mine. Oedipus the king text fagles translation hcc learning web. Towering over the rest of greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated theban royal familyantigone, oedipus the king and oedipus at colonusare among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Pdf antigone book the theban plays free download 80. She allows herself to be captured after coming out of hiding when some guards try to brush off the dust, and a defiant antigone is brought to creon. Martha henry as antigone and philip bosco as creon in the lincoln center repertory 1971 production 1068 unit 10. A messenger from corinth a shepherd a messenger from inside the palace antigone, ismene daughters of oedipus and jocasta guards and attendants priests of thebes. The heroic greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century b.
The complete sophocles volume i the theban plays book summary. Introduction sophocles sophocles was born at colonus, a small village just to the northwest of athens, in 4965 bc. Antigone, great as she is, is only the antagonist, the one who brings creon to his fate. Free download or read online antigone pdf epub the theban plays series book. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. As you recall, the greekor more specifically, the atheniantyrants only got a bad name late in their run. Antigones act to grant polineices funeral rites was not an attempt to either disrupt butler 2010. Oedipus unwittingly killed his father, laios, and married his own mother, iocaste. Antigone goes to the battlefield in front of thebes, pouring sand over polyneices body and performing burial rites. And now what is this new edict that they say the general has just decreed to all the city.
September 11, 1933 march 26, 2008 was an american professor, poet, and academic, best known for his many translations of ancient greek. Polyneices was like an eagle from the sky, but the theban army was the sons of a dragon line 125. Sophocles taught his antigone to a chorus of fifteen young men for the contest in tragedy. Wikidata item jebbs translation of sophocles antigone was first published in 1888 as an adjunct to a greek text of sophocles plays with commentary. Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides, the greek tragedy in new translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. The main characters of this classics, plays story are antigone, ismene sister of antigone. Fagles reveals in his superb transla tion the true beauty of the language. They describe the war, and the two brothers who share their territory now only through death. Oedipus at colonus pdf fagles oedipus at colonus pdf fagles download. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Antigone oedipus the king oedipus at colonus sophocles, robert fagles, bernard knox on. Antigone by sophocles translated by robert fagles 1985.
Oedipus rex robert fagles pdf portions of this new version of oedipus the king appeared originally in. Antigone, oedipus the king, oedipus at colonus see other formats. The priests of the city seek help from oedipus, their king. If you look up any line in the poem that is particularly dear to your heart, chances are that you will forget that you are reading a translation, so high is the quality of fagles english poem. Get an answer for what is the works cited entry for antigone by sophocles. These two only, brothers in blood, face to face in matchless rage, 120 mirroring each the others. Fagles was born in philadelphia, pennsylvania, the son of charles fagles, a lawyer, and vera voynow fagles, an architect. But he adds that antigones rationale would make better sense had she been able to save polynices. Antigone, oedipus the king, oedipus at colonus sophocles. A sentry brings antigone to creon, retelling how he and his men wiped the corpse clean of the dust from the first burial rite and then how they caught antigone trying to bury polynices again.
Mind you, antigone doesnt know all these things about herself. The first edition of the novel was published in 441, and was written by sophocles. Ismene make sure you dont reveal to anyone what you intend. Other tv adaptations of antigone have starred irene worth 1949 and dorothy tutin 1959, both broadcast by the bbc. Antigone proudly proclaims her guilt to creon, but also declares that the king had no authority to forbid burial. Oedipus at colonus pdf fagles portions of this new version of oedipus the king appeared originally in. What is the works cited entry for antigone by sophocles. By sophocles citystate of athens, presentday greece translated from the greek by robert fagles characters antigone daughter of oedipus and jocasta ismene sister of antigone a chorus of old theban citizens and their leader creon king of thebes, uncle of antigone and ismene a sentry haemon son of creon and eurydice. Antigone at the barbican was a 2015 filmedfortv version of a production at the barbican directed by ivo van hove. Tragedies of sophocles jebb 1917antigone wikisource. Storr, ba formerly scholar of trinity college, cambridge from the loeb library edition originally published by harvard university press, cambridge, ma and william heinemann ltd, london first published in 1912 argument to. The three playsantigone, oedipus the king, and oedipus at colonusare not strictly a trilogy, but all are based on the theban myths that were old even in sophocles time. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 80 pages and is available in paperback format. Oedipus rex robert fagles pdf oedipus rex robert fagles pdf download.
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