Presents Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald's translation of ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles' three Oedipus tragedies--"Oedipus Rex, " "Oedipus at Colonus, " and "Antigone"--and includes an index of names.
Sophocles' classic tragedy in which Antigone risks her life defying a royal decree in order to give her brother, who was killed while leading a rebellion, a proper burial.
Translates Sophocles' tragedy in which Electra, daughter of Greek warrior Agamemnon and his murderous wife Clytemnestra, yearns for her brother Orestes to avenge their father's death by killing their mother.
Presents the poetic script of Sophocles' tragedy depicting the mythological king who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother. Includes the historical background of Greek myths and legends and provides a synopsis of the story.
