oedipus (greek mythology)

Presents English translations of three plays by ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles, including "Antigone, " the story of a woman who risks her life to give her brother a proper burial; "Oedipus the King, " about a men fated to kill his father and marry his mother; and "Oedipus at Colonus, " in which Oedipus's sons struggle for control after he is banished from Thebes.

Sophocles' play of a king prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother is here presented in a translation designed to be used on stage.