{"product_id":"9781605018010","title":"The Theban Plays : (The Oedipus Cycle - Including Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ethree Theban Plays\u003c\/b\u003e, or the Oedipus cycle, written by Greek   dramatist Sophocles in the 5th century BCE, are those of his surviving works   which follow the tragic downfall of the mythical king Oedipus of Thebes and his   descendants.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as \u003ci\u003eOedipus Rex\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eOedipus   Tyrannus\u003c\/i\u003e)   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe wrote others, like The Progeny, which are not counted because they were   not preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe plays were written across thirty-six years of Sophocles' career and were   not composed in chronological order, but instead were written in the order   \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138587410672,"sku":"9781605018010","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605018010_p0.jpg?v=1763831039","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605018010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}