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The Theban Plays
Sophocles
Sophocles Plays: 1
by Sophocles
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Synopsis
Includes the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, collectively known as the Theban plays.
Starting with Oedipus the King and ending with the ultimate sacrifice of Antigone, his daughter the plays follow the trials of a family cursed by the edict of an oracle that "you will kill your father and marry with your mother".
From the fourth century BC - when Aristotle took Oedipus the King as his model tragedy, the influence of Sophocles' great plays has been assured.
These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture
This volume contains the Theban plays - widely studied in schools and universities.
Translated and with an introduction and notes from Don Taylor - the playwright who directed these plays for BBC TV
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 2009
Binding Paperback
Pages 200
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413424600
ISBN-10 041342460X
eISBN-13 9781135505264
LCCN 86228819
LCC PA4414.A2 T38 1986
DCC 882/.01
Sophocles Plays: 1 is a British play written by Sophocles and published by Methuen in London (2009).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle (eISBN 9781135505264).
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