Sophokles

"Kuningas Oidipus" on Ateena näitekirjaniku Sophoklese värsstragöödia, mis esietendus umbes 429 eKr. See on teine Sophoklese kolmest Teeba-ainelisest tragöödiast, kuid on ajalises järgnevuses esimene; sellele järgnevad "Oidipus Kolonoses" ja "Antigone". Sajandite jooksul on seda hakatud pidama üheks parimaist Kreeka …

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles' classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Emotions …

Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes and the Oedipus at Colonus lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career. Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan war, it recounts the …

Oedipus at Colonus is one of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles' death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson at the Festival of Dionysus in 401 BC. In the timeline of the plays, the events of Oedipus at Colonus occur after Oedipus the King and before …