Oedipus Rex

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Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, drawing by Alfred Brennan, 1881.

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	Invalidated site: Classical Literature - Oedipus the King ? Sophocles ? Oedipus Rex Analysis, Summary, Story.	Grace Young	Nov 06, 2026
	Added Q&A, cross references, and a minor update.	Shatarupa Chaudhuri	Sep 26, 2026
	Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Oedipus The King - Sophocles (ca. 496-ca. 406 B.C.E.).	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 19, 2026
	Add new Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - World Literature - Oedipus the King.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 10, 2026
	Add new Web site: CORE - The Riddle of Oedipus (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Apr 04, 2026
	Add new Web site: Boise State Pressbooks - Development of Theatre 1: Classical Neoclassical Forms - Oedipus the King Part I.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 11, 2025
	Add new Web site: ABC listen - RN Drive - Bluffers Guide to Oedipus Rex.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 17, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - Oedipus the King, Analysis.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 06, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - Oedipus Rex.	Yamini Chauhan	Apr 25, 2025
	Add new Web site: Institute of Education Sciences - Sophocles? Oedipus Rex: A Deconstructive Study (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 31, 2025
	Add new Web site: Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbooks - Open Textbook - "Oedipus Rex".	Grace Young	Nov 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: Utah State University - Sophocles and Oedipus the King.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 27, 2024
	Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Oedipus The King.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 13, 2023
	Add new Web site: Academia - Oedipus Rex.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 29, 2023
	Add new Web site: Classical Literature - Oedipus the King ? Sophocles ? Oedipus Rex Analysis, Summary, Story.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 06, 2022
	Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Oedipus, King of Thebes".	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 07, 2022
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Jun 29, 2011