The Theban Plays
- ISBN-10
- 0141905646
- ISBN-13
- 9780141905648
- Series
- The Theban Plays
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1973-04-26
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Sophocles
Description
King Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone Three towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynasty The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate. King Oedipus is the devastating portrayal of a ruler who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident of his own authority. Translated with an Introduction by E. F. WATLING
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