Sophocles - The New York Times
WEBVeterans speak of war, using the words of Sophocles; Plus, a safety tip for visiting New York, and more on the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. News …
Playwright Alexander Zeldin on reworking Antigone for our times: …
WEB5 hours ago · That’s the purpose of art — to make the unsayable sayable. And inside that it’s an act of kindness, it’s a moral act. We need it.”. Still in his teens, he took a production to the ...
Sophocles - Wikipedia
WEBSophocles[a] (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) [2] was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides.
Theatre of War: Sophocles’ Message for American Veterans
WEBSep 12, 2016 · Almost twenty-five hundred years ago, Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides wrote tragedies about the human spirit shattered, corrupted, and abused by war. Sophocles, who was also a long-serving...
Sophocles | Biography, Plays, Legacy, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSophocles, with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of classical Athens’s three great tragic playwrights. The best known of his 123 dramas is Oedipus the King. Among his other notable works are Antigone, Ajax, Philoctetes, Trachinian Women, and Electra. Learn more about his life and works in this article.
Sophocles News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
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Sophocles - Page 3 - The New York Times
WEBVeterans speak of war, using the words of Sophocles; Plus, a safety tip for visiting New York, and more on the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. By Ian …
How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation
WEBSep 21, 2020 · In “Sophocles in Staten Island,” a pithy 33-minute film, a Filipino-American family works on a home video adaptation of those two plays while in quarantine. Beneath its charming comic veneer, the...
Sophocles: A Mythic Life | A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater
WEBBorn in about 496 BC to a wealthy factory-owner in the Athenian suburb of Colonus, Sophocles encountered fame at an early age. At fifteen he led an official dance to celebrate the Athenian victory at the battle of Salamis, wearing nothing but a pair of sandals and playing a lyre.
Sophocles - Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, Antigone | Britannica
WEBSophocles - Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, Antigone: Only seven of Sophocles’ tragedies survive in their entirety, along with 400 lines of a satyr play, numerous fragments of plays now lost, and 90 titles.
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