Sophocles : Four Tragedies -

Antigone’s brothers have killed each other in a civil war. King Creon decrees that one shall be buried with honors, while the other—the "traitor"—is to be left for the dogs. Antigone defies the state to follow the "unwritten laws" of the gods and bury her brother.

An old, blinded, and exiled Oedipus arrives at a sacred grove in Colonus seeking a final resting place. He is no longer a monster, but a figure of strange, holy power. Sophocles : four tragedies

While Euripides also wrote an Electra , Sophocles’ version is a masterclass in psychological endurance and the corrosive nature of revenge. Antigone’s brothers have killed each other in a civil war