The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 75 pages and is available in paperback format. Pdf oedipus the king download full pdf book download. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading oedipus rex. The second theban play written by sophocles, oedipus rex, or oedipus the king, is the drama which chronologically begins the oedipus cycle. Oedipus, king of thebes, supposed son of polybos and merope. Free download or read online oedipus rex pdf epub book. Considered by many the greatest of the classic greek tragedies, oedipus rex is sophocles finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance. The first edition of the novel was published in 450, and was written by sophocles. Oedipus the king often known by the latin title oedipus rex is an athenian tragedy by sophocles that was first performed c. Oedipus rex, also known by its greek title, oedipus tyrannus or oedipus the king, is an. Aristotle considered it a masterpiece of dramatic construction and refers to it frequently in the poetics.
It was the second of sophocles s three theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by oedipus at colonus and then antigone. How is it that sophocles oedipus the king has been translated. Oedipus rex oedipus the king by sophocles on free audio book. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 259 pages and is available in paperback format. After laius, king of thebes, learns from an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son, he binds the feet of his newborn child and orders his wife jocasta to kill the infant. Download sofocless oedipus the king for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Oedipus the king by sophocles the internet classics archive. Oedipus infanticide is planned by his parents, laius and jocasta, to avert him from fulfilling a prophecy.
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