The Theban Plays
- ISBN-10
- 0679431322
- ISBN-13
- 9780679431329
- Series
- The Theban Plays
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Author
- Sophocles
Description
A translation of the three plays dealing with events in the Oedipodean family history.
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