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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 ...
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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.
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The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles’ three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement.
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Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family—Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus—are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles’s authoritative and acclaimed translation conveys all of Sophocles’s lucidity and power: the cut and ...
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10 déc. 2006 · Sophocles' trilogy of Theban plays, translated by and presented by Timberlake Wertenbaker.
The Theban Plays by Sophocles: With John Shrapnel, Juliet Stevenson, Donald Eccles, Robert Eddison. A trilogy of plays detailing the tragic fate of Oedipus and his children, as well as his scheming and tyrannical brother-in-law Creon.
7 juin 2010 · 430 pages : 20 cm. Presents three Greek plays by Sophocles detailing life in Thebes. "Reprinted with revisions 1984"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-424) Antigone -- Oedipus the King -- Oedipus at Colonus. Access-restricted-item.
