The Oedipus Cycle Author:Sophocles The myth of Oedipus. . .provided Sophocles with material for three great tragedies--Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. . .These new English versions of Sophocles' trilogy were composed specifically for a modern audience by two gifted poets and Hellenists. Their aim was to recapture the directness and simplicity as well as the concen... more »trated richness of the poetry of Sophocles; they wished at the same time to make their verse renderings of the plays "clear and credible in English" and actable as well as readable.« less