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Oedipus the King - Sophocles - The Plays of Sophocles - To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother.

Features a collection of Internet resources related to the Greek dramatist Sophocles (ca 496-406 B.C.), presented as part of the Malaspina Great Books site by Malaspina University-College.

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus tells the story of the last day in the life of Oedipus.

These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture.This volume contains the Theban plays - widely studied in schools and universities.

This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation.

Full-scale 2007 commentary on a revised Greek text, with original metrical analyses of the lyrical sections.