When they could maintain their city no longer, the Plataeans agreed to surrender to the Thebans, as long as the Plataeans would receive a fair trial by the Thebans’ Spartan overlords.

Timberlake Wertenbaker's translation of Sophocles' trilogy of three passionate and tragic tales: Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonus and Antigone. King Creon mourns the deaths of his son and wife ...

Although the Thebans were greatly outnumbered, they held their own against the Macedonian forces for some time. Diodorus highlights the bravery of the Thebans and how, even when they began to tire ...