The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone Paperback - 1986
by Sophocles; E. F. Watling (Translator); Introduction by E. F. Watling
Summary
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 (496406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, it is a devastating portrayal 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.
E. F. Watling’s masterful translation is accompanied by an introduction, which examines the central themes of the plays, the role of the Chorus, and the traditions and staging of Greek tragedy.
First line
The place called Thebes lay in the central plain of Boeotia, part of the narrow tongue of land joining the Athenian country to the more northerly mainland.
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- Title The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
- Author Sophocles; E. F. Watling (Translator); Introduction by E. F. Watling
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, Harmondsworth
- Date 1986
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780140440034 / 0140440038
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.09 x 0.44 in (19.66 x 12.93 x 1.12 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)
- Dewey Decimal Code 882.01
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