{"product_id":"oedipus","title":"Sophocles: Oedipus [1999] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes, the archetypal tragic hero who accidentally fulfills a prophecy that he will end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster down upon his city and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, in the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eDrama Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series, contains two plays by Sophocles, \u003cem\u003eOedipus Rex\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOedipus at Colonos\u003c\/em\u003e, in English translations by Kenneth McLeish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also includes an introduction to the plays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophocles \u0026 Mcleish, Kenneth","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":49809545986387,"sku":"XG81854596109","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sophocles-mcleish-kenneth-oedipus-xg81854596109-60084299235667.jpg?v=1731831434","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/oedipus","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}