Three Theban Plays
- ISBN-10
- 1448018927
- ISBN-13
- 9781448018925
- Series
- Three Theban Plays
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-01
- Author
- Sophocles
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