Comments on: Oedipus the King http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Danielle http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/#comment-45698 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:02 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=2710#comment-45698 I don’t recall every reading this play–I’m very shaky on those Greeks, but you make it sound fun. Imagine staging a play with not only a hanging but also a stabbing–and in the eye no less. That Must have been entertaining.

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/#comment-45679 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:50:15 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=2710#comment-45679 Litlove, I am glad they make you laugh, I am having a good time with them. And thanks for the Flaubert story recommendation. I am sure I can find at the library.

Bibliobio, oh Antigone is a good one. I read it for the first time earlier this year and enjoyed it. I’m sure you will like re-reading it.

Verbivore, eye gouging seems to be a popular thing in plays. Is it Glouster in King Lear that gets his eyes gouged out?

Bikkuri, lol :) I don’t let the playwrights stand in corners or behind doors though, their togas look too ghost-like in the dark.

Mike, glad to know that the Aenid is brilliant. I will be getting to that one eventually.

Jeane, you are right, it is amazing how time and experience brings such a different perspective to our reading. I think it is fun to be able to compare past and present.

Dorothy, you’re too funny!

Grad, thanks Grad. You’re right, the Oracle is the one who makes all the trouble, but don’t tell Apollo I said that!

Carrie, ah you’re so kind! Thank goodness we change after high school/college! I don’t think I could live with myself if we didn’t! Glad you got the book. I hope you enjoy it!

]]> By: Carrie K http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/#comment-45677 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:20:19 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=2710#comment-45677 You have such a flair for bringing the classics to life. It’s always somewhat of a revelation to reread something decades later. Evidently we do change after high school/college/years. ;)

Oh, I’ve received The Solitude of Prime Numbers yesterday! I’m hoping to have a chance to read it over the long weekend.

]]> By: Grad http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/#comment-45676 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:57:41 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=2710#comment-45676 Well, I place a lot of blame at the feet of the Oracle of Delphi. I mean, if he’s going to tell poor old Oedipus that he’s going to kill his father and sleep with his mother, he ought to have spilled the beans entirely, don’t you think? Of course, then Sophocles wouldn’t have much of a story, would he? :> Nice, nice review – as usual.

]]> By: Dorothy W. http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/06/29/oedipus-the-king/#comment-45675 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:32:51 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=2710#comment-45675 I’m imagining an alternate universe in which your teachers went on and on about irony, and now as an adult rereading it, you’re struck by the hubris :)

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