Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

76 pages first pub -429 (view editions)

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Readers who appreciate intense, emotionally charged explorations of human hubris and the inescapable grip of destiny, delivered through timeless, tightly-wound drama, will find Oedipus Rex deeply compelling.

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Many years after Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the Sphinx and ascended to the throne, a curse descends upon Thebes in the form of a terrible plague. This persistent blight ravages the land: crops wither in the fields, livestock succumbs to...

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