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The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. Among the background materials are selections from Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague, and Euripides' Phoenissae. The best of ancient and modern criticism is represented, permitting discussion from many points of view: psychological, religious, anthropological, dramatic, and literary.
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fate, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Free will, Drama, open_syllabus_project, tragedy, Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Sophocles, Greek drama, translations into english, Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy), In literature, Translations into Spanish, Œdipe (Mythologie grecque), Literature, Oedipus Rex (Sophocles), Drama (dramatic works by one author), Oedipus, Oedipus (greek mythology)--drama, Pa4414.o7 g74 2010, 882/.01, Pa4413.o7 d38 1982, Literary criticism, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)People
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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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