Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
This volume contains the three plays of Sophocles concerned with the house of Thebes, in the verse translation of Francis Storr. Oedipus the King shows a ruler determined to find the cause of a plague and discovering that he himself is the pollution, the killer of his father and husband of his mother. Oedipus at Colonus, written at the end of the poet's long life, follows the blind exile to his mysterious death near Athens. Antigone turns on a sister who buries her brother in defiance of the king's decree and pays for it. Together they explore fate, knowledge, and the limits of human authority with an economy no later dramatist has surpassed. They are available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the first act free.
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What kind of book is Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone?
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