The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles 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 doesn't realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment on himself. 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.

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Electra and other plays - AJAX, ELECTRA, WOMEN OF TRACHIS, PHILOCTETES - PENGUIN CLASSICS #
The Theban Plays
The complete plays of sophocles ; translated by richard jebb
Oedipus the king
Sophocles i : oedipus the king oedipus at colonus antigone