Oedipus' doomed life-trying to avoid the curse he's been cursed to bear-towers over Greek tragedy. Translated with lucidity and power, the riddles of Oedipus are potent as they ever were in this collection of Sophocles' works. Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, as well as introductions and essays on the text and translation, are included. 430 pages, softcover. Slightly Imperfect.
