The Theban Plays Wendy Vierow including counsellors

including counsellors

the building of an empire outward from a strengthened core of shared values at home'connected to the broader question of cultural sustainability as much as it did to the increasing of trade

meaningful and creative

and a love of maps

The plays focus on a wide range of issues

The Theban Plays Wendy Vierow including counsellorsSophocles' Theban Plays Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone lie at the core of the Western literary canon. They are extensively translated, universally taught, and frequently performed. Chronicling the downfall of Oedipus, the legendary king of Thebes, and his descendants, the Theban Plays are as relevant to present thought about love, duty, patriotism, family, and war as when they were written 2,500 years ago. Recent translations of the