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Fate and ambiguity in Oedipus the King / Stelios Ramfos ; translated by Norman Russell.

Title
Fate and ambiguity in Oedipus the King / Stelios Ramfos ; translated by Norman Russell.
Author
Ramphos, Stelios
Publication
Boston : Somerset Hall Press, ©2006.

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Description
185 pages; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Ainigma kai hē moira. English
Alternative Title
Ainigma kai hē moira.
Subject
  • Sophocles
  • Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) > In literature
  • Oedipus (Greek mythological figure)
  • Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
  • Fate and fatalism in literature
  • Ambiguity in literature
  • Literature
Note
  • "Foreword by Olympia Dukakis"--Cover.
  • "Greek original by Stelios Ramfos published by Ekdoseis Harmos, Athens, Greece"--Title page verso.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue : fate and ambiguity -- Parodos : the immediacy of ancient poetry -- First epeisodion : the mystery of identity -- First stasimon : Sophocles' handling of psychological tension -- Second epeisodion : the isolation of the hero -- Third epeisodion : the intensification of the quest for identity -- Second stasimon : an appeal to divine justice -- Fourth epeisodion : fate and true knowledge -- Third stasimon : poetry and the art of translation -- Fifth epeisodion : the dénouement -- Fourth stasimon : poetry and metaphor -- Sixth epeisodion : the deepening of interiority -- Exodos : the emergence of individuality in the pain of truth.
ISBN
  • 0972466193
  • 9780972466196
LCCN
^^2005022313
OCLC
  • 445231627
  • SCSB-11812326
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library