![]() The story of Oedipus and Jocasta is told in Sophocles' other two 'Theban' plays (mentioned above). Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, and Eteocles are the adult children of the accidentally incestuous marriage of Oedipus and his mother Jocasta. At least you'll get a sense of what the various translations are like and if you are a high school English teacher this might even be a helpful posting.įirst though, it is probably worth just giving a thumbnail sketch of the plot of the play. ![]() ![]() As is to be expected, each had strengths and weaknesses. I thought it might be interesting to briefly compare and contrast the four very different translations that I read. ![]() Antigone is thought to have been written around 441 BCE. I have just finished reading four different translations of Sophocles' classic tragedy Antigone, which was chronologically the first of his three great 'Theban Plays.' The other two, in the order written, include, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. ![]()
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