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Theban Plays

By Sophocles, Paul Woodruff (Translator), Peter Meineck (Translator)
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By Sophocles, Paul Woodruff (Translator), Peter Meineck (Translator)
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The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his illstarred offspring provided a rich vein for the Greek tragic dramatists. Sophocles (496-406 BC) returned to this source several times, and it inspired his three greatest plays, which are contained in this volume. Antigone (442-441) is the tragedy of a woman ruled by conscience, who obeys unwritten law when it clashes with human law. King Oedipus (c. 425) is the story of a ruler brought down by his own oath, unknowingly in conflict with him...

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