Thomas Sheridan's 1725 English translation of Sophocles' Philoctetes opens with guidance for readers and a vivid cast of mythic figures, then plunges into a tragedy of abandonment, honor, and political deceit. On the desolate shore of Lemnos, Ulysses and the young Neoptolemus seek the forsaken Philoctetes, whose festering wound and lonely cries have made him a living emblem of Greek cruelty. Ulysses urges Neoptolemus to win the archer's trust through lies and steal his invincible bow, argu...

Sophokles's Philoktetes is a quietly devastating tragedy of conscience, where the fate of Troy turns not on battlefield glory but on trust, deception, and the making of character. On the desolate shore of Lemnos, the abandoned Philoktetes lives in unbearable isolation after a serpent's bite, until Odysseus sends the young Neoptolemos to win his famous bow by lying to him. What begins as a military scheme becomes a moral test. Neoptolemos recoils from deceit even as Odysseus insists that vi...

Ο «Οιδίπους επί Κολωνώ» του Σοφοκλή, σε νεοελληνική μετάφραση του Ηλία Π. Βουτιερίδου, είναι ένα από τα πιο στοχαστικά ύστερα αριστουργήματα της αρχαίας τραγωδίας. Ο τυφλός, εξόριστος Οιδίποδας φτάνει με την Αντιγόνη σε ιερό τόπο της Αττικής, ακολουθώντας χρησμό που συνδέει τον θάνατό του με τις Ευμενίδες και τη μοίρα της Αθήνας. Η συνάντησή του με τον Χορό, τον Ξένο και αργότερα με τον Θησέα αναπτύσσει με συγκλονιστική ένταση τα θέματα της ικεσίας, της ξενίας, της θεϊκής δικαιοσύνης και τ...

Η Αντιγόνη του Σοφοκλή, σε νεοελληνική μετάφραση του Κ. Χρηστομάνου, παραμένει ένα από τα πιο ισχυρά έργα της παγκόσμιας δραματουργίας, όπου η ηθική συνείδηση συγκρούεται αμείλικτα με την κρατική εξουσία. Στον πυρήνα της βρίσκεται το δίλημμα ανάμεσα στον άγραφο, θεϊκό νόμο του καθήκοντος προς τους νεκρούς και στον ανθρώπινο νόμο της πολιτείας. Η αλύγιστη Αντιγόνη, απέναντι στον άτεγκτο Κρέοντα, υπερασπίζεται την πράξη της ως χρέος, ενώ η Ισμήνη, ο Φύλακας, ο Αίμονας και ο Τειρεσίας φωτίζου...

Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents. + - All 20 volumes of the 'Harvard Classics Shelf Of Fiction' Each volume is also available separ...

Under the cover of night, dutiful daughter Antigone sneaks out to bury her dead brother, angering the new King of Thebes. She is captured by the watchman and brought before the king, who sentences her to be buried alive in a cave. This decision sets off a chain of tragic events, costing several lives and cutting short the royal line of Thebes.The final chapter of the Theban plays, Antigone was the first to be written of the three surviving works. Even though it was written in a tim...

Blinded by his own hand and nearing the end of his life, Oedipus finds himself in the village of Colonus. Prophesied to die on holy ground sacred to the Furies, the king’s body will bless the land where he is buried. Meanwhile, the throne of Thebes is in jeopardy, with Oedipus’ sons feuding over the right to rule. Will the brothers fulfill the prophecy and die at each other’s hands?Written shortly before the playwright’s death in 406 BC, Oedipus at Colonus is the second of the Theb...

When an oracle declares that the only way to end the plague on Thebes is to find the murderer of Laius, Oediups sets out to uncover the truth of the old king’s death. He discovers that the king was struck down by Oedipus himself in a roadside quarrel, and was in fact Oedipus’ true father. Having solved the riddle of the Sphinx shortly after Laius’ death, Oedipus was declared King of Thebes, and given the hand of the lovely Jocasta – his own mother.Out of over 120 plays, only seven ...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction. Content: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Robert Burn...

In 'The Greatest Classics of Ancient Greece,' the reader is immersed in the timeless wisdom and cultural richness of ancient Greek literature. This anthology showcases a vast array of literary styles—from the epic poetry of Homer to the philosophical musings of Plato, the lyrical beauty of Sappho, and the dramatic complexity of Sophocles. The thematic core revolves around enduring questions of human existence, politics, and ethics, alongside vivid narratives of mythological and historical ...

Summary :After the exile of Oedipus, his twin sons, Étéocle and Polynice, fight for the throne of Thebes where they will reign alternately. Summerocles will temporarily retain power with the help of his uncle Creon and his mother Jocasta. But Polynices allied himself with the Argians to besiege Thebes. The two brothers then find death in the battle that opposes them. Creon became king of Thebes and refused Polynices any burial, even though he gave an official funer...

Yale Classics - Ancient Greek Literature gathers the foundational genres of the Greek imagination: epic, didactic poetry, lyric song, tragedy, comedy, historiography, philosophy, rhetoric, pastoral, biography, and moral reflection. From heroic narrative and archaic wisdom to dramatic conflict, civic argument, and Hellenistic refinement, the volume traces a literature continually negotiating fate, justice, desire, reason, and public life. Standout traditions such as Homeric epic, Sapphic ly...