Award-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting
and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at
Kolonos, and Antigone--together known as The Oedipus Cycle.
One of the unquestionable acmes of world literature, Sophocles's
immortal series of plays centers upon the royal family of Thebes, whose
struggles for nobility and greatness lead paradoxically to their own
tragic downfalls. Portraying humankind at its worst and most fallible
even while exploring the heights of virtue and honor, the plays shine a
searing light upon questions of fate and free will, destiny and
responsibility, hubris and humility, honor and obligation, and more.
Robert Bagg's timely translations allow the power and depth of
Sophocles's masterpieces to shine through clearly to readers today.