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The Theban Plays (Classics S.) (New impression) ISBN: 0140440038 ISBN13: 9780140440034 The Theban Plays (Classics S.) (New impression) By: Sophocles : Translated by E.F. Watling Publisher: Penguin Classics Format: Paperback Our Price: 6.29 Discount: 10% RRP: 6.99

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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.


Contents:

The Theban legend
- King Oedipus
- the legend continued
- Oedipus at Colonus
- the legend continued
- Antigone
- notes to King Oedipus
- notes to Oedipus at Colonus
- notes to Antigone .


Brief Description:

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

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