Joseph Juste Scaliger – Part 8 ~Part 1~ Juste Scaliger During his two years in Geneva (1572-74), Joseph Juste Scaliger undertook several philological projects. One of these, his study of the Astronomica

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles OEDIPUS My children, latest born to Cadmus old, Why sit ye here as suppliants, in your hands Branches of olive filleted with wool? What means this reek of incense everywhere, And

The glory of ancient Greece survives in its drama as well as in its epics, folktales, fables, and lyric poetry. The fifth century B. C. was the golden age of Greek drama when the most famous Greek dramatists

A mind at peace does not engender #wars #Sophocles

Thu May 10 01:59:14 +0000 2018 @sdavignon tweeted.RT @thought_c9: "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." ― Sophocles you want to cross post your tweets from

Sophocles was one of the three great Athenian tragic playwrights of the fifth-century BC, along with Aeschylus (author of Prometheus Bound) and Euripides. Ajax is one of Sophocles’ seven surviving plays,

Synopsis: The play begins In Medias Res, where a major plague has befallen Thebes, destroying all the crops and leaving the women infertile. Oedipus, the Protagonist and King of Thebes, sends his

Plot: Antigone is the final book in Sophocles' Theban Plays(Antigone - Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus) Oedipus has just passed away in Colonus, after a series of tragic and unfortunate circumstances.

In part #7 I will look at the role optimism and pessimism as states of mind have to play in how we view the world. In later blogs I will take you through to what I think is a resolution of the paradox.

Various authors have over time explored the meaning of life in their works as well as the issues of morality, virtuosity, death, immortality and a good life. This is especially so for Greek writers and

Warning spoilers can and will be found throughout this text :) The book which I will review today is in fact a play. One of the great classical plays: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Even among his contemporaries