---
product_id: 4633188
title: "Theban Plays (Hackett Classics)"
brand: "sophocles"
price: "$50"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/4633188-theban-plays-hackett-classics
store_origin: NZ
region: New Zealand
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# Theban Plays (Hackett Classics)

**Brand:** sophocles
**Price:** $50
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Theban Plays (Hackett Classics) by sophocles
- **How much does it cost?** $50 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    Theban Plays
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2010*

Really liked this selection of plays that I had to read for a political theory class. Lots of really cool ideas are represented like the all consuming ability of power and it's ability to destroy the people who possess it. There's also references to the divine and prophesy that suggest that both an over-reliance on the divine and a sheer ignorance of the divine are recipes for untold disaster and misery. Concerning the study of politics, it suggests that man is subject to entities outside of his control and therefore is often quite fallible through advisors and his own overreaching pride to be greater than great and these failings prove to be a great undoing. Power proves a very intoxicating drug that corrupts even the greatest of men. As an added bonus to these great moral and political lessons, their actually a pretty entertaining and moving read as Antigone seeks to give her brother a proper burial because she sees him as a hero, while the King views him a traitor. The sixty or so pages of Antigone take us through a sorted ride as every character is dealt with some tragic loss. God, how I wish Hollywood screenwriters could devise something this cool.

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    Cheap way to Educate Yourself
  

*by L***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2020*

Easy to read.  Like this.  Cheap way to try to educate myself on the ancient classics.

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    Bought new, came used
  

*by R***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 1, 2023*

Bought the new version, but it came with sticky notes and highlights inside.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-20*