How long does it take to read The Theban Plays?
King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Theban Plays by Sophocles takes about 3 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1947. 168 pages, about 46,200 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Drama, Antigone (Greek mythology), Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek drama (Tragedy), Sophocles, Chorus (Greek drama)
