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Titles	Order
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
Antigone (Greek text and translation) by Sophocles
Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Aristotle, containing selections from seven of the most important books by Aristotle
Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch	king of Thebes
Eight Great Tragedies by Sylvan Barnet
The Greek epic cycle and its ancient reception : a companion by Marco Fantuzzi
Medea by Christa Wolf
Medea [in Translation] by Euripides
Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles by Euripides
The Modern Scholar - Ancient Greek Drama - Audiobook by Peter Meineck
Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
The Oedipus Plays: An Audible Original Drama by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Performativity and Performance (Essays from the English Institute) by Andrew Parker
The Phoenician Women by Euripides
Seneca: Tragedies, Volume I: Hercules. Trojan Women. Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra (Loeb Classical Library) by Seneca
Seven Famous Greek Plays: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, Oedipus The King, Antigone, Alcestis, Medea, The Frogs by Whitney J. Oates
Sophocles I: Ajax / Electra / Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles
Xena: Warrior Princess - Season One by Robert Tapert	Jack Dacey

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