Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historica...

The first drama in the Oedipus Trilogy, "e;Oedipus Rex"e;, is the tragic tale of Oedipus ...

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted th...

Sophocles' play is a famous retelling of Aias's (Ajax's) demise. After the armor is awarded to Od...

One of the few surviving plays by Sophocles, and one of the most frequently performed of class...

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly read...

The most celebrated plays of ancient AthensSophocless seven surviving worksin vivid and dynamic n...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate t...

Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her u...

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays...