Sophocles - The Theban Plays - Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone
Author(s): Sophocles; Charles Segal (Introduction); James P. Hogan (Notes)
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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- : Alfred A. Knopf
- : Everyman's Library
- : 0.408233
- : 30 September 1994
- : .85 Inches X 5.24 Inches X 8.38 Inches
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- : Sophocles; Charles Segal (Introduction); James P. Hogan (Notes)
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 882/.01
- : very good
- : l, 221
- : David Grene