Synopsis
Sophocles Plays 1 - Oedipus the King & Oedipus at Colonnus & Antigone
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Published by Methuen
These three plays are 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 Oedipus the King as his model tragedy, the influence of Sophocles' great plays has been assured
These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture