Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Being tragedies, lighthearted these three Theban plays are not. They adhere to the Greek tradition of dramatizing the lives of a cursed family, but instead of the House of Atreus, we gain a jagged view of humanity’s affliction through the House of Oedipus. (Goodreads)