Thebes was located in Ancient Greece and was the chief city of Boeotia until the Persian wars. Thebes and Athens were very hostile towards each other. Thebes sided with the Persians in the Persian war, when they were defeated Thebes nearly fell. Thebes then sided with the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, but ended up against them because they feared Sparta had territorial ambitions. Sparta took Thebes over and was in control for three years. Thebes was finally freed by its great general Pelopida. The next war Thebes sided with Athens, where they shared in defeat. Chaeronea rebuilt Thebes around 338 BCE. It never did regain it’s originally greatness. (Thebes)
Oedipus was first produced around 431 BCE. This was shortly after war was declared against Sparta. It is thematically related to Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus, but was not originally composed as a trilogy. (Sophocles 43)
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