Synopsis
Sophocles Plays 1 - Oedipus the King & Oedipus at Colonnus & Antigone
Published by Methuen
From the fourth century BC - when Aristotle took Oedipus the King as his model tragedy, the influence of Sophocles' great plays has been assured
These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture