Author: | Sophocles |
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Publisher: | Penguin Classics |
Language: | English |
Binding Type: | Paper Back |
Fiction: | Classic, Poetry & Drama |
ISBN13: | 9780140440034 |
SKU: | BK 0005757 |
The Theban Plays
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The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle aginst 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 portrayl 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.