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. This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned b. Only seven of these survive complete, but we have a wealth of fragments, from which much can be learned about sophocles. This text is also available in an rtf format or a pdf. The internet classics archive electra by euripides.
It was in their footsteps that he was destined to follow. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read electra. Detailed analysis of characters in sophocles s electra. His daughter electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother orestes to help her achieve her ends. 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.
Read electra by sophocles available from rakuten kobo. We use cookies for essential site functions and for social media integration. Electra by sophocles, 9780199537174, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. 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. Electra sophocles play summary greek mythology classical literature ancientadmin 20191114t16. Deception and falsehoods abound in electra, and so sophocles often places an emphasis on actions, as words are often untrue. The daughter of agamemnon and clytemnestra, electra, smuggled her brother orestes out of town so that he could. 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. This text is also available in an rtf format or a pdf format. 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. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio. His version of electra s argument for her mothers wrongdoing is as moving as any ive read.
Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. Sophocles, electra greek mythological figure, electra greek mythological figure, sophocles publisher. Ajax, antigone, the women of trachis, oedipus the king, electra, philoctetes and oedipus at colonus. Before we can delve into this story, we need a bit of back story. Despite her overwhelming passion for just revenge, electra admits that her own actions are shameful. Pdf downloads of all 1285 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. Set in the city of argos a few years after the trojan war, it recounts the tale of electra and the vengeance that she and her brother orestes take on their mother clytemnestra and step father aegisthus for the murder of their father, agamemnon. Dramatis personae orestes, son of agamemnon and clytemnestra electra, sister of orestes. Electra sophocles wikisource, the free online library. Sophocles 495406 bc sophocles play dramatizes the aftermath of agamemnons murder by his wife clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus. 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. 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.
Paedagogus son of him who once commanded our forces at troy, son of agamemnon. 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. Oedipus the king, also called oedipus tyrannos or oedipus rex, written around 420 bc, has long been regarded not. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Sophocles 495 bc405 bc was a famous and successful athenian writer of tragedies in his own lifetime. Translated in verse by robin bond 2014 university of canterbury, christchurch, new zealand. Under the general editorship of peter burian and alan. Electra themes from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. After she enters at the end of the prologue, electra is outside the scene building for all but fourteen lines of. Sophocles electra is based on one of the final episodes in the long and. Translated by ian johnston vancouver island university nanaimo, bc canada 2017.
Antigone oedipus the king electra book pdf download. The greek tragedy in new translations general editors peter burian and alan shapiro sophocles. Peasant o argos, ancient land, and streams of inachus, whence on a day king agamemnon sailed to the realm of troy, carrying his warriors aboard a thousand ships. Pdf downloads of all 1284 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. A basic level guide to some of the best known and loved works of prose, poetry and drama from ancient greece electra by sophocles. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. Euripides electra a commentary librarydoc11 pdf best of all, they are entirely free to find, use and download, so there is no cost or stress at all. 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. The complete plays of sophocles by sophocles pdf free download ebook.
Sophocles sure could turn a phrase, or at least he could through derek coltman. Sophocles bilingual anthology studies sophocles in print. Orestes arrives with his friend pylades, son of strophius, and a tutor. Electra greek tragedy in new translations pdf free download. This study guide and infographic for sophocles s electra offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. The complete plays of sophocles free pdf, chm, djvu, fb2. While actions are at times deceptive as well, sophocles seems to suggest that actions can be trusted far more than mere words. From in there, during your fathers murder, your sister, elektra, snatched you.
Electra ebook by sophocles 9781910833940 rakuten kobo. Aristotles favourite play, lauded by him as the exemplary athenian tragedy, oedipus the king has retained its power both on and off the. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sophocles 4976406 bc, the second of the three great tragedians of athens and by common consent one of the worlds greatest poets, wrote more than 120 plays. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. Sophocles had dramatised the history in his tereus, probably before the date of the electra.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter by euripides. Antigone an english version by dudley fitts and robert fitzgerald person represented antigone ismene eurydice creon haimon teiresias a sentry a messenger chorus scene. Sophocles electra a new freely downloadable translation. Sophocles elektra aka electra written circa 410bce. The internet classics archive electra by sophocles. Your father agamemnon lorded troops at troy, orestes, once, but only now you see what you. This translation may be freely downloaded and distributed by members of the. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Learn all about how the characters in electra such as electra and chrysothemis contribute to the story and how they fit into the plot. There is the ancient argos of your yearning, 5 that consecrated land from which the gadfly drove the daughter of inachus. Literature study guides electra character analysis. At the center of sophocles s tragic play electra is the grief and mourning of electra. Described as the mona lisa of literature and the worlds first detective story, sophocles oedipus the king is a major text from the ancient greek world and an iconic work of world literature. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience.