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Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

Chapter 1: The Oedipus Trilogy
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A set of three linked Greek tragedies dramatizes fate, moral responsibility, and the clash between private duty and public law. In the first play a revered leader's inquiry into a civic plague unravels a hidden past and reveals that he has unknowingly fulfilled a dire oracle, prompting family catastrophe and self-inflicted punishment. The second follows his years of wandering and the search for a final resting place, while the third centers on a woman's defiance of state edict to perform burial rites for a kin, provoking a tragic standoff with the ruler and fatal consequences for both families.

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Title: Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

Author: Sophocles

Translator: Francis Storr

Release date: March 8, 2006 [eBook #31]
Most recently updated: March 4, 2022

Language: English

Credits: An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger

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The Oedipus Trilogy

by Sophocles


Contents

OEDIPUS THE KING
OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
ANTIGONE