The Theban Plays
Author: Sophocles
‘O Light! May I never look on you again,,Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting,,Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’,,The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he ha….Read More
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