Two different translations of Oedipus the King Sophocles was one of the most famous Greek playwrights of his time, and he is still well known by contemporary society. Many people today and in the past few thousand years have studied Sophocles and his works, trying to understand and analyze them. Sophocles lived almost 2500 years ago writing Greek plays, including a famous trilogy: Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus. Many people throughout history have …
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…because a translation is different than the original. There will always be parts of a translation others will like and dislike, but it is better to have many translations than none. This way, one is able to find a translation that one will like. Sophocles wrote Oedipus as a play to entertain the Greeks of his time. Many other authors translated Oedipus to fulfill his desire by entertaining people of the world today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**