Sophocles: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes
- ISBN-10
- 0440381541
- ISBN-13
- 9780440381549
- Series
- Sophocles
- Category
- Antigone (Greek mythology)
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1965
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company
- Author
- Sophocles
Description
Antigone: Disaster follows when Creon, King of Thebes, forbids Antigone to bury her brother whom he has declared a traitor. ; Oedipus: Oedipus has unknowingly killed his father, married his mother and had four children by her. The play centers around how the persons react as they become aware of the facts. ; Electra: Electra recounts the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus by Clytemnestra's son Orestes, to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, commander of the Greeks at Troy, upon his return home. ; Philoctetes: describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to persuade or trick the disabled Philoctetes into accompanying them to Troy, in order to fulfill a prophecy and finally bring the ten-year war to a close.
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