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Oedipus Rex

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Sophocles
Sophocles

Sophocles, born in 498 BC and died in 406 BC, was a renowned Greek tragic playwright. He is one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles' works profoundly revealed the complexity of human nature and social contradictions, exerting a profound influence on subsequent drama. more

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“You have broken my heart. Just as well. Now I am learning to rise above all that, learning the thin life, waking up simply to praise everything in this world that is strong and beautiful always—the trees, the rocks, the fields, the news from heaven, the laughter that comes back all the same. Just as well. Time to read books, rake the lawn in peace, sweep the floor, scour the faces of the pans, anything. And I have been so diligent it is almost over, I am growing myself as strong as rock, as a tree which, if I put my arms around it, does not lean away.”

“Le persone che ho incontrato, quelle con cui sono entrata in contatto... Tutti quanti, anche se hanno paura, anche se soffrono e non trovano una via d'uscita, cercano qualcosa. Un passo alla volta, con determinazione, facendosi coraggio, spronandosi a vicenda e sostenendosi tentano di andare avanti. Solo io non riesco a muovermi di un passo. Per me, il tempo si è fermato.”