The Theban Plays: "Oedipus the Tyrant"; "Oedipus at Colonus"; "Antigone"

... Haemon undermine Creon's conviction that jus- tice means devotion to the city over the family? On the one hand, it is possible that Haemon's argument is so compelling that it persuades Creon to begin to abandon his understanding of justice.

Subjects Each of the plays relates to the tale of the mythological Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother without knowledge that they were his parents. His family is fated to be doomed for three generations.

Plays of Sophocles is a set of three plays by Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian whose plays have survived until modern times. Included are Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.

"To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother.

... analysis of these important characters : Oedipus Antigone Creon SPARKNOTES TM Created by Harvard students for students everywhere , SparkNotes give you just what you need to succeed in school . Each SparkNote contains : Complete Plot ...

In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder.

In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder.

This anthology edition, conveniently packages three of Sophocles' seven surviving plays.

Here are Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone in fresh new versions for contemporary readers and audiences.

The three plays of this book (Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or by its Latin title Oedipus Rex), Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone), also known as the Theban plays, concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King ...

" What can I say about Sophocles' Oedipus Rex that has not already been said? Apart from the patricide and the infamous incest, this is an ancient tale of angst and overall calamity.

... Œdipus- having spoken what may be convenient - because of him that sent him . Edipus . But , men - if Theseus the ruler of this land had not happened having sent him hi- ther to me , judging him as to hear words of me ( 321 ) he would ...

... ? CREON You're right . Only the one who actually did it . CHORAGOS And Antigone , what kind of death- CREON She is to be taken out into the countryside and shut up in a vault of stone . She'll have food , as is customary— Antigone 223.

This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama ...

This original and distinctive verse translation of four of Sophocles' plays conveys the vitality of his poetry and the vigour of the plays as performed showpieces, encouraging the reader to relish the sound of the spoken verse and the ...

These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture.This volume contains the Theban plays - widely studied in schools and universities.

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... Antigonë . " Nay , nay , ” said another , laughing , “ we had better cry ' No Pindar ' too ; for if the young men of ... audible in proportion as the tumult thickens around us : what said our fair friend ? ” " Son of Sophilus , ' she ...

Presents the full text of "Oedipus at Colonus," by Sophocles, the Greek playwright, presented by the Perseus Project of the Department of Classics at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

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... 2, pp. 34-5), which helps to underline his individuality and superior ... Antigone and Ismene (1670-1750), they urge Oedipus' daughters 'to endure ... Ode to Colonus') and before the appearance of Creon; after Creon's abduction of Ismene ...