Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle

While this collection presents the plays as a cycle, Sophocles wrote them out of chronological order, with Antigone composed first and Oedipus at Colonus written last. Readers often choose to follow the internal narrative timeline, which begins with Oedipus Rex, continues with Oedipus at Colonus, and concludes with Antigone.

This volume features the widely recognized English version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, which is noted for its accessible, modern poetic style compared to more literal or archaic academic translations.