So you haven't read Oedipus the King by Sophocles? Well, get your tragedy mask ready as we tell you about this masterpiece that has influenced the structure of western drama for millennia!

Jocasta has been questioned by Oedipus for details on the death of King Laius. When she asks what burden Oedipus is carrying and to share his information, this is his reply. A curse has taken a ...

Those who witnessed the 1881 production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex can now see what eventually happened to the King in the play's sequel, Oedipus Coloneus, the last of the dramatist's seven extant ...

In the end, he discovered that the old man he had killed in a fit of rage years earlier was none other than the former king of Thebes — his father — and that his queen was, in fact, his mother. Though ...

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A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.