[The Theban Plays #1–3 01] • The Theban Plays
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- Authors
- Sophocles
- Publisher
- Epenguin Classics
- Tags
- classics
- ISBN
- 9780141905648
- Date
- 2003-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.65 MB
- Lang
- en
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.