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3.99. 67,250 ratings2,471 reviews. ‘O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’. The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate.
- The Theban Plays Series by Sophocles
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- The Theban Plays Series by Sophocles
The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) 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 does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself.
- Paperback
The Theban plays comprise three plays: Oedipus Rex (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus the King ), Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. All three concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus. [38]
About The Theban Plays. The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles’ three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement.
- Hardcover
Summary. 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.
Precise yet fluent translations of the timeless Theban tragedies.