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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Classics) by Sophocles, E. Watling, Ruth Fainlight, Robert J. Littman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Classics) about?
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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- Author
- Sophocles, E. Watling, Ruth Fainlight, Robert J. Littman
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141905648
- Category
- work of fiction
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