Oedipus the King
by Sophocles · first published 2006
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What the hell. Here's my list of literature everyone should at least try (in no particular order): Homer: both the Iliad and Odyssey Sophocles: Oedipus the King (read it - far better than you might think) Plato: The Apology of Socrates Sappho's fragmentary poems (the translation by Anne Carson titled If not, winter is especially good) Dante: Inferno Shakespeare:…
on “Becoming "well read"” ↗Aeschylus wrote The Oresteia when he was 65. I believe Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King at age 68, and continued writing through Electra (probably) and Philoctetes (which took first prize in Athens) in his mid- to late-80s.
on “Old Age and Creativity” ↗Yes you do: Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex And I'm perfectly aware that you're trying, hard, to make some sarcastic point, but that's what everybody in the English-speaking…
on “AI poetry is indistinguishable from human poetry and is rated more favorably” ↗