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THE OEDIPUS TYRANNUSOFSOPHOCLESPRESSUNIVERSITYCAMBRIDGEMANAGERC. F. CLAY,E.G.: FETTER LANE, 4LONDON: THE MACMILLAN CO.NEWYORK\BOMBAYAND LTD.LMACMILLAN CO.,CALCUTTAMADRAS )CO. OF: THE MACMILLANTORONTOLTD.CANADA,MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHATOKYO:ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDTHE OEDIPUS TYRANNUSOFSOPHOCLESTRANSLATED AND EXPLAINEDBYT. M.A.SHEPPARD,J.FELLOW OF KING'S CAMBRIDGECOLLEGE,CAMBRIDGEAT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS1920ToT.C. F.THE PREFACEOFSUMMARYINTRODUCTIONANDPAGEPREFACEsensationalism ofof the theThe moral of three Oedipus:performances: the artof theReinhardt : the restraint Cambridge performanceProfessorand TheThe aim of this translation commentary.M.of Mounet-Sully.: the: ormodern tragedy theoryof the tragic justiceinterpreterscontroversyscene : theof the Creonirrelevant chorus : the generalof the importance'intolerable' end.'sin' of theof the theeffect Oedipus:lyrics:INTRODUCTIONxvOFTHEAUDIENCEI. THE PREPARATIONCHAPTERthe re-the outline the detailThe of familiar, vague:Oedipus:legendof theof the riddle: the Thebanminiscences trilogy Aeschylus:epic:the and its to theevil : the first scene ofinherited Septem, analogy openingand the self-the of words'scene of the Oedipus: importance 'goodmoralof Eteocles recalled in our : theabandonment contrast, analogousplayand the Oresteia.to the contrast between the Electro,. . xxivII. THE INNOCENCE OF OEDIPUSCHAPTERand : the taint ofthat he is infectious bloodshed,pollutedOedipus recognisesincest ...
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THE OEDIPUS TYRANNUS
OF
SOPHOCLES PRESSUNIVERSITYCAMBRIDGE
MANAGERC. F. CLAY,
E.G.
: FETTER LANE, 4LONDON
: THE MACMILLAN CO.NEWYORK
\BOMBAY
AND LTD.LMACMILLAN CO.,CALCUTTA
MADRAS )
CO. OF: THE MACMILLANTORONTO
LTD.CANADA,
MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHATOKYO:
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE OEDIPUS TYRANNUS
OF
SOPHOCLES
TRANSLATED AND EXPLAINED
BY
T. M.A.SHEPPARD,J.
FELLOW OF KING'S CAMBRIDGECOLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1920 To
T.C. F. THE PREFACEOFSUMMARY
INTRODUCTIONAND
PAGE
PREFACE
sensationalism ofof the theThe moral of three Oedipus:performances
: the artof theReinhardt : the restraint Cambridge performanceProfessor
and TheThe aim of this translation commentary.M.of Mounet-Sully.
: the
: ormodern tragedy theoryof the tragic justiceinterpreterscontroversy
scene : theof the Creonirrelevant chorus : the generalof the importance
'intolerable' end.'sin' of theof the theeffect Oedipus:lyrics:
INTRODUCTION
xvOFTHEAUDIENCEI. THE PREPARATIONCHAPTER
the re-the outline the detailThe of familiar, vague:Oedipus:legend
of theof the riddle: the Thebanminiscences trilogy Aeschylus:epic:
the and its to theevil : the first scene ofinherited Septem, analogy opening
and the self-the of words'scene of the Oedipus: importance 'good
moralof Eteocles recalled in our : theabandonment contrast, analogousplay
and the Oresteia.to the contrast between the Electro,
. . xxivII. THE INNOCENCE OF OEDIPUSCHAPTER
and : the taint ofthat he is infectious bloodshed,pollutedOedipus recognises
incest: how far is this relevant to our toand enquiry? Attemptsparricide
:find some have failed has made the hero evena^aprLa Sophoclesadequate
clear distinction drawn between theinnocent. The involuntarytechnically
and the : the notion ofunintentional crime : the doctrine ofacts self-blinding
Simonides : its truth : its : it is not withinadequate incompatibleexpression
If innocence then what of Thethe of themorality. suffers, justice gods?
ancient of evil : how far the various solutions in our :problem appear play
ofthe the of 'circumstance': thetragic gods Sophocles, personification
of The and the lower moral :Salfuav Oedipus. higher application Theognis
and Pindar: the summed the wordhigher application up by Sophrosyne:
the truth of the
tragic religion.
III. THECHAPTER TYRANT xli
The chorus does not of863*1". variously interpreted: the viewexpress
: does not refer to but deals with old andSophocles contemporary politics,
familiar themes : has been to bethought but discursive : thishalf-relevant,
view forbidden the form of the : the truth isby that itcomposition expresses
the fears of the chorus for : irreverenceandOedipus theimpuritysuggestedby
but 'no criticism in the world' canpreceding dialogue: thatallege Oedipus
