Oedipus Tyrannos

Emily Wilson’s superb translation of Sophocles’ best-known play, accompanied by her engaging introduction, translator’s note, and explanatory footnotes.

Comparative ancient sources that provide insight into the many different approaches to the Oedipus myth, inviting readers to see what is distinctive about Sophocles’ approach. These nine sources are followed by the final scene ...

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Emily Wilson’s superb translation of Sophocles’ best-known play, accompanied by her engaging introduction, translator’s note, and explanatory footnotes.

Comparative ancient sources that provide insight into the many different approaches to the Oedipus myth, inviting readers to see what is distinctive about Sophocles’ approach. These nine sources are followed by the final scene of Rita Dove’s modern verse tragedy, The Darker Face of the Earth, which follows closely the plot of Oedipus Tyrannos.

Critical essays by Froma I. Zeitlin, Edith Hall, Eric Dugdale, Kirk Ormand, Joshua D. Sosin, Martha C. Nussbaum, Michael Andrew Kicey, and Teresa M. Danze, focusing on the play’s central themes.

A chronology of Sophocles’ life and work and suggestions for further reading.

Introduction
Translator’s Note
Acknowledgments

The Text of Oedipus Tyrannos

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Introduction
Translator’s Note
Acknowledgments

The Text of Oedipus Tyrannos

Comparative Sources
NOTE ON THE COMPARATIVE SOURCES SELECTED
Homer • [The Story of Oedipus’s Mother]
Euripides • From Oedipus
Thucydides • From The History of the Peloponnesian War 2.47–54
Sophocles • From Oedipus at Colonus
Aristotle • Nicomachean Ethics 3.13–119 (1110 b17–1111a 21)
• Poetics 10–11, 13
Hyginus • Fables 66–67
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Library 3.5– 6
Seneca • From Oedipus
Rita Dove • From The Darker Face of the Earth

Criticism
NOTE ON THE CRITICISM SELECTED
Froma I. Zeitlin • From Thebes: Theater of Self and Society in Athenian Drama
Edith Hall • Suffering under the Sun [The Knowledge of the Slave]
Eric Dugdale • From Who Named Me? Identity and Status in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus
Kirk Ormand • From Nature and Its Discontents in the Oedipus Tyrannus
Joshua D. Sosin • From Death on a Road
Martha C. Nussbaum • From The Oedipus Rex and the Ancient Unconscious
Michael Andrew Kicey • From Road to Nowhere: The Mobility of Oedipus and the Task of Interpretation
Teresa M. Danze • From The Tragedy of Pity in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus

Sophocles: A Chronology
Suggestions for Further Reading
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