The Theban Plays

Name: The Theban Plays
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The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy about mankind's struggle against fate. "King Oedipus" tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and who 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 rules by her conscience and a king too confident of his own authority.

Author Biography:

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 and the tragedies of Seneca.

Release date Australia

April 26th, 1973

Author

Sophocles

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Introduction by E. Watling
Translated by E. Watling

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Penguin Classics

Pages

176

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Dimensions

129x198x10

ISBN-13

9780140440034

Product ID

1720361

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