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After unintentionally finding that Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes formed a logical continuation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, I was pleased to discover the latter’s Antigone completed a trilogy of sorts, dealing with the same themes – the curse of Oedipus and his descendents. Of course, it isn’t ... Read review

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Antigone

Advantages: Timeless theme of resistance to political authority, continuation of Oedipus, great dramatic language
Disadvantages: No real 'tragic hero', not much action

...pleased to discover the latter’s Antigone completed a trilogy of sorts, dealing with the same themes – the curse of Oedipus and his descendents. Of course, it isn’t a proper trilogy, it’s not even by the same playwright. What’s more, Antigone – although in the mythological chronology last – was written prior to Oedipus Rex. That’s the advantage with dealing with well-known mythological themes. It’s like writing about the death of Christ, and then ...
...by his mother – daughters Antigone and Ismene, and sons Polynices and Eteocles, who he curses to divide his kingdom by violence.

True to Oedipus’ prophecy, Polynices tries to seize Thebes from his brother by force [this is the part of the myth told in Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes]. The brothers kill each other in the fighting, and Jocasta’s brother Creon takes charge of the state. He forbids Antigone to bury her brother Polynices ... more

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careful who you marry, mum's the word

Advantages: good stories
Disadvantages: that chorus ahhhhh

There are three plays in this particular text from Penguin. It is somewhat of a standard on university English courses. The plays are Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. They deal with the history of Oedipus (as in the Complex of Freud). Unwittingly Oedipus kills his father, ends up becoming king in his place and marries his mother. They have children between them and eventually come to know the secret. The main characters are interrelated needless to say and the conflicts are internecine. For example, Sophocles two sons are engaged in warfare against each other for the kingship. Ismene and Antigone, his two daughters, also come to grief at the hands of relations. The nature of the conflicts is a reflection of the stories of the gods themselves. They all tend to inbreed and be fighting against each other. There ...

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Eatapus

Advantages: Classic Greek drama
Disadvantages: Won't appeal to everyone

it you?ll soon be reading critical secondary literature that goes beyond them! You may want to know that Oedipus Rex is also translated Oedipus Tyrannus or just Oedipus the King (or ?Oidipus? in some versions). There are also numerous editions that combine this with two other Sophocles plays concerning the same people/areas/themes ? Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus [e.g. Penguin Classic ?The Three Theban Plays? RRP £6.99], though the three were written years apart and don?t form a real trilogy (apparently ? I haven?t read the others) ISBN (my copy) 0-486-26877-2 ...

a-true-ben 09.01.2004 (24.03.2004) · Read full review
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Brotherly Love

Advantages: It's fairly easy to follow, interesting themes to be explored, based on well-known Oedipus
Disadvantages: Not a lot of action, religious/mythology references may pass you by

the first two plays are lost, so the story is best known to us through Sophocles? later version. For those that don?t know Laius was warned against having a son who would kill him. He did so anyway, but the baby (Oedipus) was cast away. Oedipus was also warned that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Not recognising his real (as opposed to adopted) parents, he did indeed kill Laius before saving the city of Thebes from the Sphinx and marrying Laius? widow (his mother) Jocasta. Jocasta bore Oedipus sons (Eteocles and Polynices) and daughters (Antigone and Ismene). After they found out what had happened, Jocasta committed suicide and Oedipus blinded himself. I don?t remember it from the Sophocles version, but according to Aeschylus, he also cursed his sons: ?The glory of wealth and of pride, With iron, not gold, in your hands, ye ...

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Type Play
Title Antigone
Author Sophocles

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