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The Theban Plays (Classics) Book

Presents tales such as 'King Oedipus', 'Oedipus at Colonus', and 'Antigone'.Read More

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  • Foyles

    King Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/AntigoneThree towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynastyThe 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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    The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle against fate. "King Oedipus" tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he doesn't realise he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment on himself. It is a devastating portrayal of a ruler brought down by his own oath. "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 in his own authority.

  • Blackwell

    Presents tales such as King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who...

  • BookDepository

    The Theban Plays : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140440034 : 0140440038 : 26 Apr 1973 : Presents tales such as "King Oedipus"", ""Oedipus at Colonus"", and ""Antigone""."

  • Waterstones

    Presents tales such as ''King Oedipus'', ''Oedipus at Colonus'', and ''Antigone''.

  • Pickabook

    Sophocles, E.F. Watling (Trans), E.F. Watling

  • 0140440038
  • 9780140440034
  • Sophocles
  • 26 June 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 176
  • New Impression
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