antigone

These two plays from Sophocles' Oedipus trilogy follow the story of a noble family catapulted into tragedy and cursed with the stain of incest, murder, and suicide.

Offers translations of three plays by the Greek dramatist Sophocles.

Disregard for messages from the oracles and gods doesn't turn out well for characters in Greek stories, and Oedipus is no exception. Encompassing murder and betrayal, incest and patricide, this set of three plays follows the life of a man doomed to suffer from birth.