[PAR] [TLE] Athalie [SEP] Athalie is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius.  Voltaire considered the play the greatest triumph of the human mind, while Flaubert referred to it in "Madame Bovary" as the masterpiece of the French stage, and Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to "Oedipus Rex" in beauty, with "the true God added."  August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle. [PAR] [TLE] Oedipus Rex [SEP] Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος IPA: [oidípuːs týranːos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.  Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply "Oedipus" ("Οἰδίπους"), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the "Poetics".  It is thought to have been renamed "Oedipus Tyrannus" to distinguish it from "Oedipus at Colonus".  In antiquity, the term “tyrant” referred to a ruler, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation.
[PAR] [TLE] Athalie [ SEP ] Athalie is a 1691 play , the final tragedy of Jean Racine , and has been described as the masterpiece of " one of the greatest literary artists known " and the " ripest work " of Racine 's genius . Voltaire considered the play the greatest triumph of the human mind , while Flaubert referred to it in " Madame Bovary " as the masterpiece of the French stage , and Sainte - Beuve deemed it comparable to " Oedipus Rex " in beauty , with " the true God added . " August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be " animated by divine breath " ; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle . [PAR] [TLE] Oedipus Rex [ SEP ] Oedipus Rex , also known by its Greek title , Oedipus Tyrannus ( Ancient Greek : Οἰδίπους Τύραννος IPA : [ oidípuːs týranːos ] ) , or Oedipus the King , is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC . Originally , to the ancient Greeks , the title was simply " Oedipus " ( " Οἰδίπους " ) , as it is referred to by Aristotle in the " Poetics " . It is thought to have been renamed " Oedipus Tyrannus " to distinguish it from " Oedipus at Colonus " . In antiquity , the term “ tyrant ” referred to a ruler , but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation .
Sainte-Beuve deemed Athalie comparable to an Athenian tragedy by who?
Sainte - Beuve deemed Athalie comparable to an Athenian tragedy by who ?
Sophocles
Sophocles