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Sophocles: The Theban Plays: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonnus; Antigone (Methuen's World Dramatists) (v. 1)

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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 Oedi... More

Book Information
PublisherMethuen Drama
BindingPaperback (21 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages200
ISBN-10041342460X
ISBN-13978-0413424600
Publication Date10/09/1986
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About Sophocles (Author) : Sophocles is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sophocles include Antigone: In a New Translation by Nicholas Rudall (Plays for... more
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About Don Taylor (Introduction, Translator) : Don Taylor is a published author of young adult books. Published credits of Don Taylor include The Roses of Eyam (Heinemann Plays), A long march to Jerusalem: A play (Acting Edition).
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