Sophocles electra kristin scott thomas bbc radio 3. We use cookies for essential site functions and for social media integration. Read now antigone, oedipus the king, electra oxford world s classics pdf online. Sophocles 495 bc405 bc was a famous and successful athenian writer of tragedies in his own lifetime. Full text of the electra of sophocles see other formats ii. Oedipus the king, also called oedipus tyrannos or oedipus rex, written around 420 bc, has long been regarded not only as his. In aeschylus oresteia electra sings songs of mourning, prays, and goes meekly inside when it comes to the moment of orestes murdering clytemnestra. Tragedies of sophocles plumptre 1878electra wikisource. And orestes, too, who had just escaped your claws, lives a life of misery in exile and as for him, youve said a great deal that i keep him as your avenger. Electra greek tragedy in new translations pdf free download. When compared to aeschylus oresteia and euripides electra, sophocles treatment of the story is unusual for several reasons.
She spends her time crying, wailing, and openly casting accusations at them. Sophocles and euripides versions of electra carry, among many similarities, a central theme of revenge. According to the suda, a 10thcentury encyclopedia, sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of electra written by sophocles. He sends his pedagogue pylades, as a spy, to learn about the situation in mycenae. This text is also available in an rtf format or a pdf. Sophocles wrote a dramatic study of electra as the daughter.
Pdf antigone oedipus the king electra download full pdf. Sophocles version is presented from the viewpoint of electra, orestes sister. Sophocless play deals with electras intense desire for revenge in the years following her fathers murder. His version of electras argument for her mothers wrongdoing is as moving as any ive read. Before we can delve into this story, we need a bit of back story. Electra euripides play, a play by euripides, probably in the mid 410s bc, likely before 4 bc, that tells a very different version of this same basic story from sophocles electra sophocles play the story was also told at the end of the lost epic nostoi also known as returns or returns of the greeks. This is a version designed for the a filmed version meant for the classroom. Pdf the complete works of sophocles ajax antigone electra oedipus at colonus oedipus the king read online. This new version of the play by british playwright nick payne is a fantastic homage to the.
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. I live a wretched life full of pain served to me by you and your partnerinbed, aegisthus. In the meantime ive got a cracked version of a full version of fd if youre interested. Sophocles version is presented from the viewpoint of electra, orestes sister, who laments her father, bears witness to her mothers crime, and for years endures her mothers scorn. The electra of sophocles and euripides philaletheians. 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. Translated in verse by robin bond 2014 university of canterbury, christchurch, new zealand. Electra sophocles play project gutenberg selfpublishing. Full text of the electra of sophocles internet archive.
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. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article sophocles. Persons orestes, son of agamemnon and clytemnestra electra, sister of orestes. Antigone aias king oedipus electra the trachinian maidens philoctetes oedipus at colonos. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Daylight pure, bright sky, earths coverlet, you are longstanding nightfade witnesses to my laments, rent from my chest, so bloodied now with selfstruck blows, while, hated bed, you overhear my nightlong 90 dirge, within this wretched house, for my poor father.
Persons orestes, son of agamemnon and clytemnestra electra, sister of orestes chrysothemis, sister of orestes an old man, formerly the paedagogus or attendant of orestes. Sophocles lived about 2500 years before the present. Electra is the main character of this greek tragedy. Electra study guide contains a biography of author sophocles, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Full version antigone, oedipus the king and electra complete. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Electra literature essays are academic essays for citation. The complete plays of sophocles free pdf, chm, djvu, fb2. They do not seem to be in existence at the time of the play.
This edition comes with a nice set of introductory essays on the background of the play, the theater, and sophocles. The greek tragedy in new translations general editors peter burian and alan shapiro sophocles. Sophocles play dramatizes the aftermath of agamemnons murder by his wife clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus. Sophocles bilingual anthology studies sophocles in print. Electra s first two speeches are admirable as expositions of her characterthe morbid nursing of hatred as a duty, the deliberate posing, the impulsiveness, the quick response to kindness. Electra was coproduced by the old vic and sonia friedman productions. Electra is one prominent female figure in ancient greek literature as all three of the renowned tragedians, aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides have written their own respective plays centered around this one woman. With an introduction on sophocles and his treatment of tragedy, and 16 illustrations. True friend and follower, how well dost thou prove thy loyalty to our house. As we discuss in our in a nutshell, sophocles s play treats the same myth that his older contemporary, aeschylus, treated in his play the libation bearers, and that his contemporary euripides treated in his own play electra. Pdf the complete works of sophocles ajax antigone electra oedipus at colonus oedipus. Sophocles electra a new freely downloadable translation.
Electra euripides play, a play by euripides, probably in the mid 410s bc, likely before 4 bc, that tells a very different version of this same basic story from sophocles. Under the general editorship of peter burian and alan. The internet classics archive electra by euripides. Electra, a woman of many temperaments the literary rapport. Electra is one of the masterpieces of the western theatre tradition. Electra by sophocles quotes and analysis gradesaver. Mar 09, 2015 on the return of her brother orestes, electra s fury explodes without mercy, leading to a bloody and terrifying conclusion.
Oedipus the king 5 electra 6 philoctetes 7 oedipus at colonus. Euripides play pokes fun at homer, and it seems at previous versions of the myth, though it is important to note that scholars do not know whether sophocles or euripides version came first. Jun 18, 2019 full version antigone, oedipus the king and electra best sellers rank. In this paper i shall consider how the opening lines of sophocles electra set the scene. Aeschylus and euripides also dramatized this story, but the objectivity and humanity of sophocles version provides a new perspective. Her father, agamemnon, was murdered by electra s now stepfather, aegisthus, at the urging of. The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by.
Adams sophocles, the playwright toronto 1957 adkins, mr. Ajax, antigone, the women of trachis, oedipus the king, electra, philoctetes and oedipus at colonus. Adkins, merit and responsibility oxford i960 adkins, mv. Sophocless version of the electra story was written around 410 bce, and it is difficult to read it without thinking of euripidess electra and the middle portion of aeschyluss trilogy, the oresteia, which recounts the same events. Sophocles son of sophilus was born at the colonus of his oedipus at colonus, a district of the athenian city state, in the middle of the first decade of the fifth century bc. The electra of sophocles, london, edinburgh, williams and norgate, 1873, ed. Electra audiobook sophocles chapter time part i 00. Antigone an english version by dudley fitts and robert fitzgerald person represented antigone ismene eurydice creon haimon teiresias a sentry a messenger chorus scene.
There are times when with the utterance of a couple of words some. A comparison of sophocles and euripides versions of electra. Although sophocles changes many of the details within the play, sophocles follows. Building the human condition in agamemnon, electra, and the bacchae. Aug, 2014 full audiobook reading of antigone by sophocles book 3 of sophocless theban plays trilogy. Mar 15, 2018 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The internet classics archive electra by sophocles. The internet classics archive philoctetes by sophocles. He was born around 496 bc in athens or, more precisely, in a. The complete plays of sophocles by sophocles in chm, djvu, fb2 download ebook. For years electra has mourned her father and openly spurned her mother and stepfather for murdering him. Actors can create a free profile as well as directors, casting directors, producers and agentsmanagers. Sophocles electra was composed about 40 years or so after aeschylus libation bearers first appeared in 458 bce. This volume of antigone, oedipus the king, electra contains three masterpieces by the greek playwright sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets.
Read now antigone, oedipus the king, electra oxford world s classics download online. Sophocles electra george theodoridis a new downloadable. Written by the great tragedian sophocles in 5th century b. Well know i that, too well, i, whose life is a torrent of woes dread and dark, a torrent that surges. Ulysses at length, my noble friend, thou bravest son of a brave father father of us all, the great achilles we have reached the shore of seagirt lemnos, desert and forlorn. The title makes it clear that, unlike aeschylus, who focused on orestes, sophocles s play takes his sister electra as. In any case i, in fact, consider you more a tyrant than a mother. Electra is the daughter of agamemnon and clytemnestra, and the title character of the play. This text is also available in an rtf format or a pdf format. 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. In sophocles s version, the play opens with orestes learning his fate from the pythian oracle. He is said to have married one nicostrate, and both a son iophon and a grandson also named sophocles followed him by becoming tragic poets. Edited with introduction and notes by sir richard jebb. The electra is the only extant play in which sophocles draws on the legends connect. There is the ancient argos of your yearning, 5 that consecrated land from which the gadfly drove the daughter of inachus. Misfortunately, in both versions the just solution leads the siblings to destroying their own mother. There is the ancient argos of thy yearning, that hallowed scene whence the gadfly drove the daughter of inachus. The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by sophocles, aeschylus, euripides, woodruff, paul, meineck, peter, luschnig, cecelia eaton, gregory, justina. A casting calls, auditions resource and talent database. Electra paperback sophocles oxford university press.
Staging mothers in sophocles electra and oedipus the king. Electra euripides play, a play by euripides, probably in the mid 410s bc, likely before 4 bc, that tells a very different version of this same basic story from sophocles electra sophocles play the story was also told at the end of the lost epic nostoi also known as returns or returns of the greeks the events are also brought up in. Oedipus rex dover thrift editions download free epub, pdf. Feb 19, 2017 and then zeus put forth his power, and changed philomela into a nightingale, and procne into a swallow, and tereus into a hoopoo, and so the nightingale ever flies from the hoopoo and wails for itys. Yeats, ezra pound, and more recently seamus heaney and tony harrison. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure. Sophocles had dramatised the history in his tereus, probably before the date of the electra. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Orestes and electra, sophocles created two characters embodying opposite traits. The seven plays in english verse by sophocles free ebook. When agamemnon, the resident king, returned from the trojan war, his wife clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus murdered him and usurped the throne.
The daughter of agamemnon and clytemnestra, electra, smuggled her brother orestes out of town so that he could. Librivox recording of sophocles electra, translated by lewis campbell. As a steed of generous race, though old, loses not courage. Sophocles translated by anne carson and introduction and notes by. Pdf trope and setting in sophocles electra francis dunn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides, the greek tragedy in new translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. You can search through the full text of this book on the web. His version of electra s argument for her mothers wrongdoing is as moving as any ive read.
The characters, electra and orestes, must reunite to avenge their fathers murder. Paedagogus son of him who led our hosts at troy of old, son of agamemnon. Full version antigone, oedipus the king and electra best sellers rank. Electra by sophocles the 196th greatest fiction book of. About electra by sophocles electra by sophocles summary. Their takes, on the other hand, differ vastly and depending on what type of woman portrayal peaks your interest, you are sure to find an enjoyable read with one of them. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text.
Im trying to get a hold of a working, full copy of sophocles 2007 and ill let you know if i succeed. Adkins, moral values and political behaviour in ancient greece london 1972 alt. Elektra is a tragedy by the ancient greek playwright sophocles, probably dating from quite late in his career, around 410 bce or later. Stief the long haired freaky dude feel free to contact me. Translated by ian johnston vancouver island university nanaimo, bc canada 2017. After she enters at the end of the prologue, electra is outside the scene. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father agamemnon, who has been killed by her mothers lover. That days coming was the bitterest of all by far for me. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading electra. Despite her overwhelming passion for just revenge, electra admits that her own actions are shameful. Review of the ancient greek tragedy electra by sophocles.
Ill stay if i must, but would rather be far from here. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of the complete plays of sophocles. Full version antigone, oedipus the king and electra. In sophocless version, the play opens with orestes learning his fate from the pythian oracle. Sophocles focused on orestes, and euripides focused more on the life of electra. They retire a little, as electra returns from the spring. 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.