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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
Sophocles
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Description for The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. Presents tales such as "King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone". Translator(s): Watling, E.F. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134. Good copy with some shelf wear, wrapped in plastic cover. Yellowing of pages and minor foxing, inscribed by previous owner on inside cover. Good copy
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140440034
SKU
KKD0010149
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sophocles
Sophocles was born in 496 BC. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire. He wrote over a hundred plays, many of which are published as Penguin Classics, drawing on a wide and varied range of themes. E.F. Watling translated a range of Greek and Roman plays for Penguin, including the seven plays of Sophocles ... Read more
Reviews for The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
“[Oedipus the King] is Sophocles’ most famous play and the most celebrated play of Greek drama . . . Aristotle cites it as the best model for a tragic plot . . . Freud recognized the play’s power to dramatize the process by which we uncover hidden truths about ourselves . . . Sophocles is more interested in how Oedipus ... Read more