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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone
The Theban Plays King Oedipus / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone
Author: Sophocles, E. F. Watling (Translator)
‘O Light! May I never look on you again, — Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, — Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’ — 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 brin...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140440034
ISBN-10: 0140440038
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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nccorthu avatar reviewed The Theban Plays: King Oedipus / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone on + 569 more book reviews
The 2500 year old classic that gives as great an insight to the human condition now as it did then. If you have not read it or seen the play(s) do so now and read this.
tracymar avatar reviewed The Theban Plays: King Oedipus / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone on + 408 more book reviews
The great Oedipus and Antigone trilogy, raising very important moral issues. New book, the renowned Watling translation with very helpful introduction.


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