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The Theban plays

by Sophocles; translated by E. F. Watling

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The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) 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 does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, 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.

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  • Penguin Classics Brand
  • 9780140440034 ISBN-13:
  • 0140440038 ISBN-10:
  • 0140440038 ISBN-10
  • 9780140440034 ISBN-13
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