In Greek tragedy, the protagonist is often a figure of greatness brought low by a fatal flaw. For Oedipus, that flaw was his impetuousness and quick temper. He lashed out at the prophet, dismissing ...

To many people the difference in the Greek Oedipus Complex and the Indian Yayati Complex explains the cultural and intellectual differences between India and the west writes DEVDUTT PATTANAIK Sigmund ...

On the diamond anniversary of Greek drama at Harvard, the Harvard-Radcliffe Classical Players are offering a gem of a production. Those who witnessed the 1881 production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex ...

We will explore stories of creation of the world, the fall of Troy, the travels of Odysseus and Theseus, the sins of Oedipus, and the rage of Medea ... Authors may include Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Virgil, ...

Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC ... His mantle was taken up by the playwrights Sophocles, who wrote Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex; and Euripides, who ...

In Greek tragedy, the protagonist is often a figure of greatness brought low by a fatal flaw. For Oedipus, that flaw was his impetuousness and quick temper. He lashed out at the prophet, dismissing ...