# The Theban Plays

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- Book: [The Theban Plays](https://www.bookquiver.com/sophocles/the-theban-plays) ([The Theban Plays.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sophocles/the-theban-plays.md))
- Authors: [Sophocles](https://www.bookquiver.com/sophocles)
- Publisher: everyman_s_library
- ISBN: 978-06-7943-132-9
- Pages: 280
- Published: 1994-10-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles’ three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement. Oedipus...