Despite his efforts, in fact, as a result of his efforts, he met his Democlean destiny. He decided to alter his life to cheat his way out of his fate. At an early age he learned, that he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thereby bring disaster on his city and his family.
Sophicles - Why Didn't G-d Keep You Hear Forever?Ī tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled his prophecy received from the gods. Hopefully someone will produce Fagles' translation with an equally talented cast and we'll have a truly great work!! This made the production too crude for me, despite the obvious skill of the performers. Too many idioms and expressions that modern audiences relate to but Sophocles probably never intended. The translator is Duncan Steen and, given what I now know, I would never have purchased this book because the translation is not classical and is modernized in what I consider to be a non-scholarly manner. I couldn't match this with ANY of my versions so contacted Naxos books. Audible could not help me so I purchased it hoping it was Storr, Plumetre, or Young. I had a difficult time finding out who the translator was for this version. While the performance was superb, I struggled with the translation. It also encourages a number of deep questions, philosophical and theological. What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?Ĭonsistent with Aristotle's critique of tragedy, Sophocles' writing most definitely evokes pity and fear. The characterization of Creon is a slightly weaker than the others but really doesn't detract from the overall production. The performance is very well done and moves along at a goodly pace with the appropriate emotional responses reflected by all actors. What does Michael Sheen and full cast bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
After that I'll be listening to The Aeneid by Virgil using Audible's version of the Fagles translation. Oedipus At Colonus which is not available from Audible. What do you think your next listen will be? Would you try another book from Sophocles and/or Michael Sheen and full cast ? Urn:isbn:0671488392 Scandate 20100805003706 Scanner Production.Questionable Translation OL43861W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 82.42 Pages 184 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0671888048
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