num_pages: 224
description: The Theban plays consist of three plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannos or Oedipus Rex) &amp; Oedipus at Colonus. All concern the fate of Thebes during Greece's Mycenaean prehistory, during &amp; after the reign of King Oedipus. They have often been published under a single cover. Sophocles, however, wrote the three plays for separate festival competitions, possibly over a duration of forty years or more. He also wrote other Theban plays, such as The Progeny, of which only fragments have survived. Not only are the Theban plays not a true trilogy (three plays presented as a continuous narrative) but they are not even an intentional series &amp; contain some inconsistencies between them.
language: English
title: The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
titlecomplete: The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
characters: Antigone, Ismene (sister of Antigone), Oedipus
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Read For School, Mythology, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 66057
places: Thebes
series: The Theban Plays
awards: name: City of Dionysia Award
category: Second Place
publisher: Signet Books (NY)