Antigone defending her integrity & ideals to the death Oedipus questing for his identity & achieving immortality
- these heroic figures have moved playgoers & readers since the fifth century BC. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy these plays are among the most enduring & timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles translation conveys all of Sophocles lucidity & power: the cut & thrust of his dialogue his ironic edge the surge & majesty of his choruses & above all the agonies & triumphs of his characters.