The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics)

The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Sophocles' Theban Plays- Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone-lie at the core of the Western literary canon. They are extensively translated, universally taught, and frequently performed. Chronicling the downfall of Oedipus, the legendary king of Thebes, and his descendants, the Theban Plays are as relevant to present-day thought about love, duty, patriotism, family, and war as when t...