The Theban Plays
by Sophocles, E. F. Watling (Introduction by, Translator)
ISBN-10: 0140440038
ISBN-13: 9780140440034
$14.00
Book Specs
UK-B Format Paperback
Penguin Classics
Published on
Jun 30, 1950
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8.66x5.91x0.98 Inches
Weight
0.30 Pounds
About the Book
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