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Days were commonly spent at festivals viewing one play after another, with discussions in between. These plays presented the mandates of the gods, the morals of the the present society (which were much more strict than our current society\u2019s), the serious and humorous interpretations of their place in the individual\u2019s world, and most of all, the serious consequences to anyone who disregarded the importance of these mandates.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe favorite plays of Sophocles are<em> Oedipus Rex <\/em>and its two sequels, <em>Antigone<\/em> and <em>Oedipus at Colonus<\/em>. Readers may find it difficult to understand Oedipus\u2019 willingness to accept his punishment for his ignorance of the gods\u2019 commands. He does so because he knows that his sin affects the whole of the people he governs. The emphasis is on the destruction of all those affected by the sin of one. 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