Oedipus: A Play in Five Acts
Voltaire (1694-1778) was a prolific French philosopher, historian, novelist, poet, essayist--and popular playwright and opera librettist. Oedipus, produced in 1718, was his first drama, a recasting of Sophocles's play of the same name. Voltaire highlights the tension by introducing the character Philoctetes, a suitor of Queen Jocasta before she married Laius or Oedipus, and later a companion to Hercules. Philoctetes returns to Thebes, which is being punished by the gods because King Laius's murderer has not yet been punished--and becomes the chief suspect in the crime. Young King Oedipus is forced to investigate, but in the process reveals hi…
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Weitere Autoren: Morlock, Frank J. (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4344-4442-4
- EAN: 9781434444424
- Produktnummer: 13320482
- Verlag: Borgo Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 148 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.8 cm 226 g
- Gewicht: 226
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