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The Oedipus Plays, written by Sophocles, is a trilogy including the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. This was a very entertaining book for me, and I enjoyed it because I had a hard time putting it down. The reader cannot help but get sucked into the plot for wanting to know what will happen next. The version I read was revised and translated by Paul Roche.
I think that Sophocles was very qualified to write this literary work. He was a very well-rounded individual, and was experienced not only in writing tragedies, but theater technicalities, and public offices too. He was born in Colonus, near Athens, and had a great reputation for learning and being well versed in Homer and other Greek poets. He won many drama contests and was never awarded less than second place. He was also awarded first place more than any other Greek tragedian. He was a member of the chorus at the Greek celebration of the battle of Salamis, and he also raised the number of the......

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