The Theban Plays

Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone

By Sophocles Translated by Sir George Young

$7.00

Publication Date: 23rd June 2006

The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.
Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest eng... Read More
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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.
Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest eng... Read More
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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.
Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest engenders a series of keen dramatic ironies, culminating in the fulfillment of a dreaded prophecy. Oedipus at Colonus finds the former ruler in exile. Old and blind, he seeks a peaceful place to end his torment, but finds only challenges from his reluctant hosts and a summons back to Thebes from his warring sons. The trilogy concludes with Antigone, in which Oedipus's courageous daughter defies her tyrannical uncle in a provocative exploration of the demands of loyalty and duty.

Excerpts from The Dramas of Sophocles Rendered in English Verse, Dramatic & Lyric by Sir George Young, published by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., London, 1906.
Details
  • Price: $7.00
  • Pages: 176
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
  • Publication Date: 23rd June 2006
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • Illustration Note: 0
  • ISBN: 9780486450490
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical
    FICTION / Classics
    DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
Table of Contents
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus at Colonus
Antigone
The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.
Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest engenders a series of keen dramatic ironies, culminating in the fulfillment of a dreaded prophecy. Oedipus at Colonus finds the former ruler in exile. Old and blind, he seeks a peaceful place to end his torment, but finds only challenges from his reluctant hosts and a summons back to Thebes from his warring sons. The trilogy concludes with Antigone, in which Oedipus's courageous daughter defies her tyrannical uncle in a provocative exploration of the demands of loyalty and duty.

Excerpts from The Dramas of Sophocles Rendered in English Verse, Dramatic & Lyric by Sir George Young, published by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., London, 1906.
  • Price: $7.00
  • Pages: 176
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
  • Publication Date: 23rd June 2006
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • Illustrations Note: 0
  • ISBN: 9780486450490
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical
    FICTION / Classics
    DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus at Colonus
Antigone