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"Sophocles, The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone" (Antique Paperback) fantasy and nuance of East TexasThe legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankinds 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