Sophocles’‚ a playwright and Greek tragedian often wrote plays that displayed moral lessons and difficult situations that shift the entire atmosphere of the setting. In his play Antigone‚ written around 422 CE‚ it is the second of The Three Theban Plays. It follows Two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices warring for kingship‚ who eventually end up killing each other. And the new hereditary ruler becomes their uncle‚ Creon. He declares that Eteocles should be buried honorably‚ while Polynices’ body should
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tightly woven into the scripts of plays. Antigone and Oedipus the King‚ two renowned works of the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ explore these values through a plot thick with corruption‚ virtue‚ and determination. These plays reveal the burdens two Theban kings‚ Oedipus and Creon‚ as their lies and poor judgment corrode the integrity of their city‚ their families and themselves. Possessing a strong faith in their respective gods‚ the characters of these Greek plays are often led astray as they try
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Apr. 2008. Scheepers‚ I. "FATE AND DIVINE WORKING IN SOPHOCLES ’ OEDIPUS REX." 137-144. Akroterion‚ 2005. Humanities International Complete. EBSCO. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. Sophocles‚ Robert Fagles‚ Bernard MacGregor Walker. Knox‚ and Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays: Antigone‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus at Colonus. New York‚ NY: Penguin‚ 1987. Print.
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Study Guide Pgs. 1-28 Oedipus the King by Sophocles Translated by Bernard Knox Characters: * Oedipus- King of Thebes; saved the Thebans from the sphinx by solving the riddle. Son of Lauis and Jocasta‚ his name means “swollen footed”. * Priest of Zeus- asks for Oedipus’s help on this plague in Thebes. * Creon- brother of Jocasta and he was sent by Oedipus to the oracle of Apollo to figure out a way to stop this plague. * Chorus- the citizens of Thebes * Tiresias- blind prophet
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reign‚ respectively (O’Connor & Cline). The Malkata palace complex and Birket Habu‚ its’ associated artificial lake built to be used for ceremonial purposes during the king’s three sed-festivals‚ stood to the west of the Nile River on the Theban west bank near the Theban necropolis which included the mortuary temples of Amenhotep III and Ramesses II and those located at Medinet Habu and Deir el-Bahari; on the opposite
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stage in a costume of traditional Greek military attire adorned with royal crest of arms to portray his princely supremacy as a Theban prince. Creon’s costume would be in distinct contrast to mine‚ due to the fact that Creon will be wearing a long white robe‚ representing the colour used for Zeus and the Greek Gods‚ to portray his overall power of the kingdom of Theban. The onstage scene is to be set on the stage end with a backdrop of a king’s throne and military guards on either side surrounded
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these vassals across Egypt to control a specific area. However the issue was that the other half of Egypt had the same idea so conflict spread out. Finally In 2160 the Theban King was able to retake Lower Egypt and reunite Egypt into one astounding nation Lower egypt was under the control of Herakleopolis dynasties until the Theban king Mentuhotep the second conquered Lower Egypt to reunite Egypt once again. In the end the Middle Kingdom didn’t have a huge change in the structure of the government
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the site * -When was it built * -How was it built * -What was the purpose of the site Deir-El Medina is a one of the best preserved ancient settlements in Egypt. The settlement is situated in a small isolated valley surrounded by the Theban hills‚ on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. This village was the home to a community of workmen who constructed and decorated many of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. The village was constructed by rows of
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT Phillip II‚ King of Macedonia was murdered in 336 BC when he attended the wedding between his daughter‚ Cleopatra and his brother in law‚ Alexander of Epirus. As he walked into the theatre where the wedding was to be held‚ he was fatally stabbed by a man named Pausanias‚ his head of guards. There were many theories behind the reason for Pausanias’ actions. Many said that it was pent up anger that drove Pausanias‚ while others suggested that Phillip’s wife‚ Olympias of Epirus
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A priest and the chorus of Thebans arrive at the palace to call upon their King‚ Oedipus‚ to aid them with the plague. Oedipus had sent his brother-in-law Creon to ask help of the oracle at Delphi‚ and he returns at that moment. Creon says the plague is the result of religious pollution‚ caused because the murderer of their former King‚ Laius‚ had never been caught. Oedipus vows to find the murderer and curses him for the plague that he has caused. Oedipus summons the blind prophet Tiresias for
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