Three Theban Plays: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
- ISBN-10
- 1497367328
- ISBN-13
- 9781497367326
- Series
- Three Theban Plays
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-26
- Author
- Sophocles
Description
"The tyrant is a child of PrideWho drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity,Until from his high crest headlongHe plummets to the dust of hope."Theses heroic Greek dramas have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. They tower above other tragedies and have a place on the College Board AP English reading list.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2014-07
- 182 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
-
- 1956
- 144 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
Similar books
-
The Theban Plays
By SophoclesKing Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone Three towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynasty The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about ...
-
The Three Theban Plays: Sophocles
By SophoclesThe Three Theban Plays - Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone - Sophocles - The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and also Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, although each play was actually ...
-
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
By SophoclesThe heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family—Antigone, Oedipus the King and ...
-
The Three Theban Plays: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; and Antigone
By Sophocles, F. StorrSubjects 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.
-
The Three Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, & Antigone
By SophoclesThe other three works of each tetralogy are now lost. Although these are published under a single cover, they are not a trilogy and do not contain a continuous narrative.
-
The Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone
By SophoclesThe stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Essential reading for English and classical studies majors.
-
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone - Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus
By Sophocles, F. SOPHOCLES. STORRThe Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone - together these tell the tragic story of Oedipus the king of Thebes, and his daughter Antigone.
-
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone - Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus (Theban Plays of Sophocles - Antigone -...
By SophoclesThe Theban Trilogy is comprised of Sophocles' plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone - together these tell the tragic story of Oedipus the king of Thebes, and his daughter Antigone.
-
The Theban Plays: Antigone, King Oidipous and Oidipous at Colonus
By SophoclesTheatrical Space and Historical Place in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus (Lanham, MD 1996) [locates the play in its historical context] Hester, D.A. “To Help one's Friends and Harm one's Enemies,” Antichthon 11 (1977) 22-41 Kirkwood, ...
-
Oedipus the King
By SophoclesOedipus the King is the first tragic play in Sophocles' classic Oedipus trilogy. The plays tells the story of a man who eventually becomes the King of Thebes while fulfilling an extremely tragic prophecy.