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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Detailed notes accompany brand new translations of the stories of Oedipus, a king who is unable to escape his tragic fate and ends his days in exile
Aristotle referred to as “Oedipus The King,” the second one-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of Greek theater. Today, nearly 2,500 years after Sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still believe it some of the powerful dramatic works ever made. Freud sure did. The three plays–“Antigone,” “Oedipus the King,” and “Oedipus at Colonus”–aren’t strictly a trilogy, but all are according to the Theban myths that were old even in Sophocles’ time. This particular edition was once rendered by Robert Fagles, in all probability the most productive translator of the Greek classics into English.