The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles, E.F. Watling

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

Sophocles, E.F. Watling

176 pages • first pub 451 (editions)

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‘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 ...

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