The Theban Plays by Sophocles : Episode List
A trilogy of plays detailing the tragic fate of Oedipus and his children, as well as his scheming and tyrannical brother-in-law Creon.
Seasons: 1, Episodes: 3
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
- Season 1, Episode 1
Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.
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Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)
- Season 1, Episode 2
Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away. (imdb)
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Antigone (1986)
- Season 1, Episode 3
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial. (imdb)
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