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The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle aginst fate. KING OEDIPUS tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he doesn't realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment on himself.

It is a devastating portrayl 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 ruled by her conscience and a king too confident in his own authority.

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ISBN/EAN 9780140440034
Author Sophocles
Publisher Penguin
Publication date 30 Jun 1950
Format Paperback
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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)

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