Title: Stunning and morbid, Highly recommend the Grene and Lattimore translations
Product review: After working through the dense, turgid monologues of the Oresteia, the Oedipus cycle feels almost snappy and modern by comparison. Sophocles was way ahead of his time in understanding how to blend short, tense exchanges with longer, introspective ruminations. He can even throw in some humor which, considering that these are Greek tragedies, is no small feat. Oedipus Rex and Antigone are definitely the stand out pieces here. They're sharp, to the point, and always emanate this creeping sense of primordial abomination and oblivion. The middle act, Oedipus at Colonus, just doesn't seem to be quite sure what to do with itself. It just seems like this unwieldy, bloated set up for Antigone. Considering that whole school's of thought (and counter-thought) have been spawned out of the central issue of Oedipus, I felt obligated to finish it.
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