Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new Translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg.
This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation..
Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is the ancient world\'s most shocking and memorable tragedy; the story of Thebes\'s resilient hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, manipulation of the Olympian gods, and all-too-human weakness.
Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new Translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg
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