{"product_id":"9780140440034","title":"The Theban Plays","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sophocles, Watling, E., Watling, E. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePlays, playscripts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 April 1973 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 11 | 136g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing Oedipus\/Oedipus at Colonus\/AntigoneThree towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynastyThe legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create this powerful trilogy about humanity's struggle against fate. King Oedipus is the devastating portrayal of a ruler who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realize he has committed and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident of his own authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by E. F. WATLING\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45781407039728,"sku":"9780140440034","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780140440034.jpg?v=1713457010","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780140440034","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}