Project Gutenberg 2004-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 657 Sophocles -496 -406 Σοφοκλής Sófocles Sophokles Campbell, Lewis 1830 1908 The Seven Plays in English Verse Reading ease score: 90.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Antigone -- Aias -- King Oedipus -- Electra -- The Trachinian maidens -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonos. Produced by Ted Garvin, Fred Robinson and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Seven Plays in English Verse" by Sophocles, translated by Lewis Campbell, is a collection of ancient Greek tragedies written in the 5th century BC. This compilation presents the renowned works of Sophocles, which include complex themes of fate, morality, and human nature, articulated through a variety of tragic characters. The opening chapters introduce the powerful themes of divine law versus human law and the moral dilemmas faced by the characters, particularly through the actions of figures like Antigone. The beginning of "The Seven Plays in English Verse" sets the stage for the iconic play "Antigone." In this opening segment, we meet Antigone and Ismene, the two daughters of Oedipus, who are grieving the loss of their brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Creon, the new king of Thebes, has ordered that Eteocles be honored with a burial while forbidding Polynices' burial, declaring him a traitor. Antigone, driven by familial loyalty and divine justice, resolves to defy Creon's edict and gives Polynices a proper burial, thereby invoking the conflict between state law and moral duty. As the narrative unfolds, it hints at themes of pride, obedience, and the tragic outcomes that arise from stubbornness and defiance against fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mythology, Greek -- Drama Sophocles -- Translations into English PA Text Browsing: Literature 799918 799920 2024-10-06T13:11:14.243831 2023-09-07T03:51:03.470672 text/html text/html 837569 2020-12-19T00:46:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 280368 2020-12-19T00:46:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357425 2024-10-06T13:11:37.507726 application/epub+zip 367734 2024-10-06T13:11:20.550860 application/epub+zip 334574 2024-10-06T13:11:17.781849 application/epub+zip 758923 2024-10-06T13:11:46.645643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 661441 2024-10-06T13:11:34.686707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569502 2022-09-07T16:43:23.075378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567051 566974 2024-10-06T13:11:09.196856 2023-09-07T03:50:59.053636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 566556 2020-12-19T00:46:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224787 2020-12-19T00:46:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 566563 2020-12-19T00:46:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224509 2020-12-19T00:46:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22159 2024-10-06T13:11:46.871638 application/rdf+xml 16523 2024-10-06T13:11:18.491859 image/jpeg 4102 2024-10-06T13:11:18.139790 image/jpeg 351605 2024-10-06T13:11:14.308818 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia hu.wikipedia