Thebes was a city founded by Cadmus and an important part of ancient Greek mythology. The three plays relate to the myth of Oedipus, king of Thebes (hence the title The Theban Plays). But Sophocles wrote the plays not as a unified trilogy but as parts of different sets. The three plays are often published together under the title The Theban Plays. Oedipus the King is the masterpiece of the three plays and is sometimes regarded as the greatest extant Greek tragedy and one of the greatest work of world literature. In terms of the story’s internal timeline, the order is Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. The three plays collected in this volume, in order of writing, are Antigone (c 442 BC), Oedipus the King (c. In comparison, Aeschylus won 14-15 competitions (sometimes placing second to Sophocles) while Euripides won only 4 or 5. He is said to have won between 20-25 dramatic competitions in Athens. Sophocles is one of three classical Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Sophocles wrote 123 plays but only seven survive intact. Publisher: Penguin Books (1984 Penguin Classics Edition)
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