Word: oedipus
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...grand old king, dozens of people came away feeling no more kinship with the woes of "Lear" than they would with some fate-driven hero of Greek drama. In fact, many admitted this parallel, and spoke of feeling something akin to the remote admiration that they felt for the OEdipus of Mr. Riddle when first presented to them at Cambridge, a few seasons...
...Ajax" of Sophocles are in unison throughout, with accompaniment for harp (representing the lyre), and a small orchestra, reinforced by a drum. The music which the late Sir Sterndale Bennett was writing for the same tragedy is conceived more in the style of Mendelssohn's Greek tragedies ("Antigone" and "OEdipus") than in that adopted by his successor at Cambridge University. Only two pieces, unfortunately, were left complete - the overture and funeral march...
...section in Greek 9 will commence the reading of the OEdipus to the instructor on next Thursday. The play is to be completed in three readings...
...Spectator, speaking of the representation of the Ajax at Cambridge recently, says: "Some one said at the time that to compare the Oxford 'Agamemnon' to the Harvard 'OEdipus' was to compare a picnic with a banquet. If this were true of Harvard, it is equally true that the Ajax is well able to hold...
...concert of the Arlington Club tomorrow evening in Boston, a chorus from the "OEdipus" of Prof. Paine will be given...