Antigone:4 stars
Oedipus Rex : 3 stars
Elektra: 5 stars

The line delivery in these stories was so cold

أوديب ملكاً ؛ الأنمودج الأنسب للتراجيديا اليونانية، بكل ما وضعه أرسطو من شروط ومعايير .. قمت بقراءتها قديماً للمتعة وقرأتُها مؤخراً للدراسة والتفحص ..

المسرحية مميزة، فقصتها مثيرة وحبكتها المعقدة قوية، أما شخصياتها - خصوصاً البطل - فكاملة الأوصاف دراميا ! باختصار، المسرحية تراجيديا نموذجية، أشاد بها أرسطو ويشيد بها القارئ المعاصر ليومنا هذا ..

Oedipus the King written by Sophocles is an exciting play that turns the reader many different directions. After the death of Laius, Oedipus, a confident and smart man, freed Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx, which promoted him king. During is rule, Oedipus is faced with Thebes being placed under an awful curse on fertility, and he is told that he must atone the death of Laius by finding his murderer. This is a difficult task and causes the characters to endure many emotions while reading, and secrets are revealed which ultimately creates a cast of tragic heroes. Through many prophecies the characters learn new things that affect them positively and negatively, which makes for an unpredictable plot.
The plot expresses hundreds of different themes that relate to having too much of a trait and it leading to someone's downfall. Oedipus is introduced as a man filled with hubris and disregard for the opinions of others and being impudent. He is seen during many circumstances avoiding interaction with others opinions, and is later seen suffering because of his ignorance. His character allow the reader to express catharsis in the end, when he is made a tragic hero due to his excess of a single emotion. Another theme that was supported by the plot was that you can’t run away from problems. This theme is supported by a motif in the story and is seen when the characters constantly run away. Whether it is people running from people, people running from an idea, or people running from themselves none of the situations end up being successful. This is the most important theme of the play because it can be translated into almost everyone's lives.
The writing of Sophocles is exciting by using dramatic irony and the motif of blindness and sight to engage the reader into a mystery that the characters don’t know the answer to. As the plot thickens the reader is left wanting to know what will happen next due to the unexpected nature of the story. It seems as though every other line a new secret is revealed that directly changes the course of one of the character’s lives. However, the question emerges: Were their lives really being changed or was it the characters facing their fate? This idea is stressed in detail as the idea of omens and prophecies shape how the characters act and make decisions. The impulsive decisions made off of the prophecies was the cause of many tragic events during the story and through the author's words was described as something to avoid. Sophocles uses the characters to assist the reader in expressing catharsis at the end of the play and throughout the reading. The writer uses his words and was able to translate them into the voices of several different characters in order in insure each had a personality. He indirectly taught the reader ways to avoid making the same mistakes as those of the characters and overall created an enjoyable read.

I read this for school duh.
I would never read this willingly.

Antigone ★★★★★
Oedipus the King ★★★★
Electra ★★★★

Ik moet zeven maanden in de natuur gaan trekken zodat ik 24/7 gras kan aanraken.

(alleen Oedipus)

سوفوكليس و طه حسين!!!
ربّاه!

I studied Antigone & Oedipus when doing classics as school so it was lovely to dip back into plays that brought me a lot of joy then. It was also nice to read electra for the first time.

Oedipus Rex - lowkey echt lik nog tof

This is a weird set of plays for one volume but they’re all great.
Antigone: probably my favorite, due to its themes of piety towards the dead, familial priority over the state, and the importance of listening to others. A nice double tragedy.
Oedipus: objectively the best tragedy; an absolute unit of a play.
Electra: not as good as Aeschylus’ “The Libation Bearers” but a well-executed play and a chilling portrayal of how vengeance and bitterness corrode a spirit.
Kitto’s translation doesn’t seem to be the most strictly literal, but his verse is good and enjoyable. I also enjoyed seeing baby pictures of phrases, images, and themes that grew up in Shakespeare.

Ahh so that’s where the complex comes from.

Out of the three tragedies Antigone was my definitely my favorite. The story goes that the dead are the dead and should be regarded as such. By this I mean that you can punish someone who is alive, but you should respect them in death for they cannot defend themselves. Antigone goes to great lengths just to make a point about this. The other two plays are also thought-provoking and just as magnificent to read.