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Oedipus the king and other tragedies, Sophocles ; translated by Oliver Taplin

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Oedipus the king and other tragedies

Sophocles ; translated by Oliver Taplin

Oxford world's classics

Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. In these four tragedies he portrays the extremes of human suffering and emotion, turning the heroic myths into supreme works of poetry and dramatic action. Oedipus the King follows Oedipus, the 'man of sorrow', who has unwittingly chosen to enact his prophesied course by murdering his father and marrying his mother. InAias, the great warrior confronts the harrowing humiliation inflicted upon him, while Philoctetes sees a once-noble hero nursing his resentment after ten years of marooned isolation. InOedipus at Colonus the blind Oedipus, who has wandered far and wide as a beggar, finally meets his mysterious death

Oedipus the king -- Aias -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonus