Sophocles play dramatizes the aftermath of agamemnons murder by his wife clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read electra. The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by sophocles, aeschylus, euripides, woodruff, paul, meineck, peter, luschnig, cecelia eaton, gregory, justina, meineck, peter, luschnig, cecelia eaton, woodruff, paul. When agamemnon, the resident king, returned from the trojan war, his wife clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus murdered him and usurped the throne. Set in the city of argos a few years after the trojan war, it recounts the tale of electra. Jul 08, 2019 electra las traquinias filoctetes ayax by sofocles and a great selection of related books, edipo rey antigona y electra by sofocles. List of books and articles about electra sophocles online. Her father, agamemnon, was murdered by electra s now stepfather, aegisthus, at the urging of her mother, clytemnestra. The characters, electra and orestes, must reunite to avenge their fathers murder. Edited with introduction and notes by sir richard jebb. Adams sophocles, the playwright toronto 1957 adkins, mr. The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by. Do not forget the ones you hate, nor yet waste hatred on them. Thanks your visit fromeuripides electra a commentary librarydoc11 pdf ebook.
Euripides 480406 bc ranked with aeschylus and sophocles as one of the greatest greek dramatists, he enjoyed the least success of the three. Orestes arrives with his friend pylades, son of strophius, and a tutor. Antigone oedipus the king electra, sophocles, edith hall editor, h. Yeats, ezra pound, and more recently seamus heaney and tony harrison. Jones, on aristotle and greek tragedy london 1962, is the major study to be. A likely source of this material for plutarch was the epidemiae of ion of chios, a book that recorded many conversations of sophocles. Read electra by sophocles available from rakuten kobo. Results 1 22 of 22 antigona filoctetes traquinias clasicos by sofocles and a great selection of similar used, new and collectible books available now at tragedias. A comparison of sophocles and euripides versions of electra. Ayax, electra, edipo rey, edipo en colono, antigona, las traquinias y filoctetes. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading. The mythical story of orestess and electras act of vengeance against their mother. Rose, sophocles philoctetes and the teachings of the sophists, hscp 80 197649105 rosenmeyer, mt. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3.
Jealousy and suicide, love and passion, grief and intrigue, honor and deceit are the order of the day in four of sophocless great tragedies. The clarity of the translations, the unburdensome thoroughness of the introduction, and the judicious selection of footnotes, however, combine to allow students both within and outside the pertinent disciplines to appreciate how the electra plays speak directly to the world. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Which version do you find the most compelling and why. Full text of the electra of sophocles internet archive. The penn greek drama series presents original literary translations of classical greek drama. It is based on the story of electra and her brother orestes, and the vengeance they take on their mother clytemnestra and stepfather aegisthus for the murder of their father.
The aim of the series is to make both the works and their interpretations accessible to the reading public. Elektra is a tragedy by the ancient greek playwright sophocles, probably dating from quite late in his career, around 410 bce or later. The internet classics archive electra by euripides. Misfortunately, in both versions the just solution leads the siblings to. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. But i have lived the best part of my life in hopeless childlessness. Tragedy of sophocles entitled electra, containing the avenging on. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Pdf he aeschylean electra has been the subject of less inquiry into character. Kitto translator this volume contains three masterpieces by the greek playwright sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets.
Her father, agamemnon, was murdered by electras now stepfather, aegisthus, at the urging of her mother, clytemnestra. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading electra. Who is the more captivating character, electra or antigone. Your father agamemnon lorded troops at troy, orestes, once, but only now you see what you. There is the ancient argos of thy yearning, that hallowed scene whence the gadfly drove the daughter of inachus. Adkins, merit and responsibility oxford i960 adkins, mv. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Dramatis personae orestes, son of agamemnon and clytemnestra electra, sister of orestes.
Oedipus oedipus unwittingly killed his father, laios, and married his own mother, iocaste. For years electra has mourned her father and openly spurned her mother and stepfather for murdering him. A basic level guide to some of the best known and loved works of prose, poetry and drama from ancient greece. Ill stay if i must, but would rather be far from here. Of my great teachers at school and university, i would like to single out jan krimp and ton jansen. Librivox recording of sophocles electra, translated by lewis campbell.
Edipo rey electra sofocles on free shipping on qualifying offers. The internet classics archive electra by sophocles. In his tragedy, sophocles focused on the suffering of electra, living in. Sophocles admirers and imitators, in the english speaking world alone, includes john milton, samuel johnson, percy shelley who translated oedipus the king and drowned with a text of sophocles in his pocket, matthew arnold, georg e eliot, virginia woolf, w. It is the fate of all of us, perhaps, to direct our first sexual impulse towards compeljo mother and our first hatred and our first murderous wish against our father. Full text of the electra of sophocles see other formats ii. Antigone an english version by dudley fitts and robert fitzgerald person represented antigone ismene eurydice creon haimon teiresias a sentry a messenger chorus scene. Compare sophocles s electra to aeschyluss and euripidess renderings of the same myth. The translations great and i couldnt help but read lines out loud.
There stands the basket ready, and the knife is sharpened, the same that slew the bull, by whose side thou soon wilt lie a corpse. Media in category electra sophocles the following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total. Building the human condition in agamemnon, electra, and the bacchae. As in aeschylus libation bearers, the action in electra greek elektra follows the return of orestes to kill his mother, clytemnestra, and her lover aegisthus in retribution for their murder of orestes father, agamemnon.
These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of electra written by sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the philoctetes 409 bc and the oedipus at colonus 401 bc lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of sophocles career. Adkins, moral values and political behaviour in ancient greece london 1972 alt. Electra, sister of orestes chrysothemis, sister of orestes an old man, formerly the paedagogus or attendant of orestes clytemnestra aegisthus chorus of women of mycenae mute persons pylades, son of strophius, king of crisa, the friend of orestes. Known even by the ancients as the philosopher of the stage, he is admired today for his belief in the individual and his keen insight into the human psyche. His daughter electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother orestes to help her achieve her ends. Sophocles sure could turn a phrase, or at least he could through derek coltman. Paedagogus son of him who led our hosts at troy of old, son of agamemnon. Brills companion to the reception of sophocles explore bristol. Before we can delve into this story, we need a bit of back story.
His version of electra s argument for her mothers wrongdoing is as moving as any ive read. She spends her time crying, wailing, and openly casting accusations at them. In this paper i shall consider how the opening lines of sophocles electra set the. Electra ebook by sophocles 9781910833940 rakuten kobo. List of books and articles about electra sophocles. A man of wealth, charm, and genius, sophocles was given posts of responsibility in peace and in war by the athenians. Dramatis personae orestes, son of agamemnon and clytemnestra electra, sister. The start of sophocles electra sees the return of orestes to his native mycenae, accompanied by his.