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‘O Light! May I never look on you again,
Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting,
Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’

Sophocles The Theban Plays Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone Translated, with Notes and an Introduction by Ruth Fainlight and Robert J. The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus PDF ebook. The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics. The plays were so well written that it was easy to imagine the vivid scenes described in Sophocles tragedies. The depth of character was wonderful. My favorite of the three plays was the 'Antigone' because it grappled with the questions of just laws and the priority of the laws of God over those of man.

This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by the renowned classicist Bernard Knox. The Three Theban Plays Sophocles No preview available.

The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) 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 does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, 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.

E. Download aplikasi buat hp samsung champ duos e2652w. F. Watling’s masterful translation is accompanied by an introduction, which examines the central themes of the plays, the role of the Chorus, and the traditions and staging of Greek tragedy.
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