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Oedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone Edition

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Oedipus Rex chronicles the story of Oedipus, a man that becomes the king of Thebes and was always destined from birth to murder his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. The play is an example of a classic tragedy, noticeably containing an emphasis on how Oedipus's own faults contribute to the tragic hero's downfall, as opposed to having fate be the sole cause. Over the centuries, Oedipus Rex has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence.

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English
Pages
80

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Oedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone Edition
Oedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone Edition
June 1, 2005, Prestwick House, Inc.
Paperback in English
Cover of: King Oedipus
King Oedipus: and, Oedipus at Kolonos
2001, Nick Hern Books
in English
Cover of: Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
1991, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Oedipus, King of Thebes
Oedipus, King of Thebes: a tragedy.
1976, AMS Press
in English and Ancient Greek
Cover of: Oedipus tyrannus
Cover of: The Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles
The Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles
1920, The University Press
in English and Ancient Greek
Cover of: Oedipus, king of Thebes
Oedipus, king of Thebes
1911, Oxford University Press, American Branch
in English
Cover of: Oedipus Tyrannus
Oedipus Tyrannus
1901, American Book Company
in Ancient Greek
Cover of: The Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles
The Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles
1901, American Book Company
in Ancient Greek and English
Cover of: The Oedipus Tyrannus
The Oedipus Tyrannus
1852, F.&J. Rivington
in English

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First Sentence

"My children, new-sprung race of old Cadmus,1 why do you sit at my shrines,2 wearing garlands of the suppliants' olive?3"

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
80
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.7 x 0.2 inches
Weight
4.8 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8779934M
ISBN 10
1580495931
ISBN 13
9781580495936
LibraryThing
150431
Goodreads
1554

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Work ID
OL43861W

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