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NIKOS KOLESIS

SYNOPSIS

TRILOGY OEDIPUS

Theban Cycle

ANTIGONE-ELECTRA

Oedipus Cycles

THEATER

Antigone and Electra, the heroines of mourning

forced by facts to live family disputes,

rivalries and violent murders with wild conclusion.

Antigone buries her brother Polynices

contrary to Creon, the city, and citizens,

while Electra gives the battle for her dead father Agamemnon.

She is against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus who killed the winner of Troy.

Both Antigone and Electra resist

with passion in the state violence and power,

resisting at the Tyrants.

Parallel and Same with the history

eternal different

reveal the opening.

ELECTRA

EDUCATOR

Lovely Orestes the famous Argos

there under are found Lykeios Agora, the temple of Hera,

and just beyond the palaces of Pelopidas.

Your sister Electra baby gave to escape

from Aegisthus hands when the black net of death killed

your father, fabulous Agamemnon

when he returned victorious from Troy.

You are the most faithful friend for this pay attention to the project, based on that sued Phoebus when I went to the oracle to ask him.

It's the perfect crime, without an army and

chariots I will conquer Argos.

Foreigner you will enter in the palace and say that

Orestes is dead, tried to see what becames inside.

We will say that in this pitcher is my burnt body.

ELECTRA

My mother Clytemnestra did the crime together

with her lover Aegisthus killed my father

divine Agamemnon just returned from Troy.

Uselessly I wait for appears Orestes and together

to take revenge for the murder of our father,

only Orestes can bring redemption.

OPENING

ANTIGONE

Life is the One and the Many

the Same and different, this and other.

time wants art of life to blooms.

ELECTRA

Time wants truth and freedom

to complete, to uncover the opening.

ANTIGONE

My two beloved brothers, Eteocles

and Polynices killed outside the walls

Seven-gate city of Thebes. One Polynices remained

unburied and unlamented outside the walls of Thebes,

while the other Eteocles with orders of Creon

he was buried with all prices as it suits in king.

It is impossible Polynices to remain unburied,

they will eat the vultures, jackals, worms.

My beloved sister, lovely Antigone

these are contrary to the orders of Creon,

the laws of city and the wish of Thebans.

Ismene think a little, even sisters we have completely

opposite opinion, different characters.

Remember what found our father mythical Oedipus

and our mother divine Jocasta.

If you are afraid alone me I will continue the work,

alone I will bury the dead brother.

Eyewitnesses and hearsay

parallel and same with history

we reveal the difference,

The passage from one to another.

GUARDIAN

Creon someone buried Polynices

and made libations on the tomb,

despite the order that you gave.

Ignore the laws of city and the will of gods,

but we found who is the guilty.

CREON

They want to overthrow me

and to take the power.

GUARDIAN

Brave Creon

This is the daughter who buried the dead.

When she saw the grave began to lament

without delay we dashed above her

and we caught.

CREON

So it's like saying

speak you have the possibility

to defend yourself.

You know that the order is death

for anyone who disobeys and bury the dead.

ANTIGONE

From when the Laws of Gods

they are less than the laws of men.

You cannot order as god

after man you are a mortal.

CREON

Death awaits you for what you say and do.

ANTIGONE

Only Divine Justice defines life and death,

we are beings with free will

to do what we think proper, right.

CREON

Now you will know the true face of power.

You are a rebellious

put little mind do not put with the power,

you can not change the world.

ANTIGONE

Polynices my brother

could not to remain unburied and unlamented.

The corpse was thrown to earth,

to eat the birds and the beasts.

CREON

The order is an order

although child of my sister

did not obey the Law,

I can not make any exception.

ANTIGONE

Laws are to change

the Citizens, societies form

their content depending on the conditions.

CREON

Death awaits for you that you say also

whatever sophistry and you think.

ANTIGONE

I have nothing to lose

beither riches nor kingdom.

I am free to say my opinion effortlessly

without any interest.

CREON

Little Antigone

but you do not understand that you are lead to death.

ANTIGONE

There is great glory

when you die for ideas and your beliefs.

ELECTRA

DANCE

RESIST IN THE POWER

CHRYSOTHEMIS

Our mother divine Clytemnestra

she saw a bad dream and frightened a lot.

Ordered me to go to the tomb of our father

and put libations.

ELECTRA

That killed Agamemnon

how can leave libations on his grave.

CLYTEMNESTRA

Unfairly you turn and say in the all city

that I am tyrannical, very hard and heartless.

You forget that killed my child Iphigenia

for the sake of Menelaus although he had two children

forget that Agamemnon

sacrificed my daughter to the gods.

ELECTRA

With your lover Aegisthus

you killed my father,

when triumphantly returned from Troy.

Unwillingly killed the deer of goddess Artemis,

and this from anger kept the fleet

asking from Agamemnon

to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia.

CLYTEMNESTRA

I have great fear in the soul, I see bad dreams

for this left to make sacrifices,

so justly I govern Argos.

ELECTRA

Ah !!! The unfortunate what I hear

I live in the wild loneliness and she asks favors.

EDUCATOR

Mythical Queen Clytemnestra in Argos

I bring news for you and your husband Aegisthus.

CLYTEMNESTRA

Stranger you say who is the news

I am full of suspense.

EDUCATOR

Died your son Orestes

he died on foreign, exiled, fugitive.

ELECTRA

Ah !! Gods I lost my brother, my pride

I lost all hope for revenge.

CLYTEMNESTRA

When became this

I want to know in every detail the facts.

EDUCATOR

All blessed the son of Agamemnon, Orestes

In Delphic Games just started chariot

the charioteers after a few laps

they began to fall over each other,

filling the track with debris, cries, screams.

CLYTEMNESTRA

What became Orestes, what happened to my son Orestes.

EDUCATOR

The only ones left standing

was brave Orestes and wonderful Athenian.

On the climaxing of race confused

the reins. The chariot overturned and Orestes

began to crawl from the fire horse on the track,

tied up deadly from them.

The body became unrecognizable, took the dead

and they took care of him burned the body.

Phokeans carried the ashes to be buried in Argos.

CLYTEMNESTRA

The death of my son means

that saved my life.

I do not know whether to rejoice or regret.

ELECTRA

Orestes -Orestes

my beloved brother death was merciless.

Now I need to bend the head

In the killers of our father.

ANTIGONE

CREON

My son Aimona

Antigone chose the dead,

you can not marry her.

Better to find another woman

correspond in your expectations.

AIMONAS

Venerable father Creon

I want to appear your worthy son

but I love her.

CREON

Antigone is a rebellious

choose the death.

AIMONAS

Father unfairly you decided

dying the unfortunate girl.

she buried his dead brother Polynices,

there is something more correct and honest

grooming the dead.

CREON

Others were the orders

disobeyed the laws of the city,

He knew that the penalty was death

for anyone who did the opposite.

The decision was taken

this you will not marry.

AIMONAS

This time with your words

you put me a thousand knives.

CREON

Antigone

the critical moment arrived.

Are you ready to die?

you decided

how to put an end to your life.

ANTIGONE

My only I take the road of death,

my only I will go down to Hades, a living dead.

ALL TOGETHER

RESIST IN THE POWER

TIRESIAS

Proud Thebans

and you multimode Creon,

pay attention to the prophecies

of a blind old man.

CREON

Old Tiresias

became very strange lately,

let puzzles and spoke very clearly.

TIRESIAS

Prudent Creon left to bury Polynices

do not play with the fire and death.

CREON

Polynices will not be buried in Thebes

he came with an army to conquer the city.

TIRESIAS

With difficulty keep myself not to speak.

learn how blood is paid with blood,

the dead with dead when unjustly you act.

Rebellious Antigone is in prison,

and a king is dead unburied.

Furies lurking in the corner

I hear lamentations and dirges.

CREON

In front of the town I could not accept anything.

I leave fast I release Antigone

does not happen no villain.

MESSENGER

Aimonas the son of Creon

was killed with his own hands,

he ended his life.

Unfortunate Antigone cried that she is innocent.

AIMONAS

Courage-courage

my Favorite Antigone

I will not leave you, we will die together.

ANTIGONE

The time has arrived

I will never be able to see again the sunlight.

OCHLOS -MILITARYMEN

Disobey the orders, you buried Polynices

death -death in Antigone.

ELECTRA

CHRYSOTHEMIS

Electra our brother Orestes

he returned to Argos.

I saw funeral offerings in the tomb of his father,

Who other apart from Orestes

he did such something.

ELECTRA

Ah !! Sister our beloved brother

died on foreign, had ugly end.

Notify together to kill Aegisthus,

Orestes goes dead.

CHRYSOTHEMIS

Woman you small and weak

It is possible to put with the power.

ELECTRA

People-People

to see how my eyes grew

and became one from the crying.

ORESTES

Women from Argos

who is the Palace of King Aegisthus

that remains the queen Clytemnestra.

DANCE

What you see before you.

ELECTRA

Stranger why you came

what is your purpose.

ORESTES

I do not understand what you are saying,

what do you want to know.

the container has inside the ash of Orestes.

ELECTRA

I want to keep in my hands

this holy shroud.

My beloved brother Orestes is dead

boy I left unlamented and untrimmed.

This time I die with my father

and my brother.

ORESTES

I can not bear another to see her unhappy,

that all, you are Electra,

my poor your passions end do not have.

Do not cry your dead brother

the ashes are false, are not Orestes,

he is alive.

ELECTRA

What else I will listen, that is

why you play with me.

ORESTES

He is the one that you see

here in front of you.

To see our father's ring

this should convince you.

ELECTRA- RECOGNITION

Ah !! My soul

you came when I did not wait for you,

finally came

reached the revenge of Atreides.

The black bitch Clytemnestra

together with her lover Aegisthus,

they killed Agamemnon.

ORESTES

watch Electra

do not hear us and overturned the plans.

ELECTRA

Orestes I am with you

I will make that you tell me

to achieve our objective.

CLYTEMNESTRA

Aegisthus my husband

they slaughter my children.

My son Orestes I am your mother

pity you do not to have soul.

ELECTRA

When with your lover

you kill my father Agamemnon

you did not saddened at all.

ORESTES

Oh !!! gods

revenge of Atreides remains unfulfilled,

my Sister divine Electra

betrayed-betrayed.

The black bitch Clytemnestra will stay alive

and the unholy Tyrant Aegisthos

It rejoices the kingdom

ALL TOGETHER

THIS IS THE DEMOCRACY THE GREAT TIME

THIS IS THE STORY.

NIKOS KOLESIS

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