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Page 67
... Oedipus complex . Aristotle takes the Oedipus Tyrannus as the type of the well - constructed play , and the effectiveness of these modern performances bears out his judgment . It does in fact grip , as the phrase is . The way the effect ...
... Oedipus complex . Aristotle takes the Oedipus Tyrannus as the type of the well - constructed play , and the effectiveness of these modern performances bears out his judgment . It does in fact grip , as the phrase is . The way the effect ...
Page 73
... Oedipus at Colonus is not the greatest , but it is the most beautiful of Greek plays . These few words cannot convey a realizing sense of its beauty . Any sensitive reader , however , who will read it patiently two or three times in any ...
... Oedipus at Colonus is not the greatest , but it is the most beautiful of Greek plays . These few words cannot convey a realizing sense of its beauty . Any sensitive reader , however , who will read it patiently two or three times in any ...
Page 74
... Oedipus by carrying away the two daughters despite the protests of the chorus ; how Theseus re- turns and compels Creon to guide his army in pursuit of Creon's men ; and , briefly , of the battle in which Theseus recovers the maidens ...
... Oedipus by carrying away the two daughters despite the protests of the chorus ; how Theseus re- turns and compels Creon to guide his army in pursuit of Creon's men ; and , briefly , of the battle in which Theseus recovers the maidens ...
Contents
Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND The Modern WORLD | 125 |
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