The Three Theban Plays: 'Antigone', 'Oedipus the King', 'Oedipus at Colonus' (Penguin Classics)

Sophocles

The tragic tale revealing the Hellenic viewpoint of the divine will of the gods and their...more

The tragic tale revealing the Hellenic viewpoint of the divine will of the gods and their helplessness to the will. Great insight to Hellenic religious views.   hide

Had to read it for class. Liked the introductory essays way more than the plays.

"There once was a man named Oedipus Rex/You may have heard about his odd complex/His name...more

"There once was a man named Oedipus Rex/You may have heard about his odd complex/His name appears in Freud's index/Because he...loved his mother..."- Tom Lehrer   hide

Never tempt fate...knowing the future is not a good thing....

Classics!