The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

The Three Theban Plays

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

-450 • 430 pages

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Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of Greek theater. Today, nearly 2,500 years after Sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still consider it one of the most powerful dramatic works ever made. Freud sure did. The three plays--"Antigone," "Oedipus the King," and "Oedipus at Colonus"--are not strictly a trilogy, but all are based on the Theban myths that were old even in Sophocles' time. This particular edition was rendered by Robert Fagles, perhaps the best translator of the Greek classics into English.


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#1–3 in The Theban Plays

The Theban Plays is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in -450 with contributions by Sophocles.

#1
Oedipus Rex
#2
Oedipus at Colonus
#3
Antigone

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