The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus - Sophocles Philippe Noble Over several drunken nights he

Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story

deeply in love

maar ook met de heerlijke afleidingen en nijpende angsten die het leven van een schrijver kenmerken

zich steeds meer

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus - Sophocles Philippe Noble Over several drunken nights heCollected here are Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, in a translation by Robert Fagles which retains all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters. Oedipus in exile, searching for his identity, desperately trying to avoid his fate, seeking the truth of his origins and achieving immortality; his