Oedipus
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Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus unwittingly fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringin
Oedipus and Sphinx, pelike, 450–440 BC
Detail of ancient fresco in which Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx. Egyptian Museum, c. 2nd CE
Oedipus slaying the sphinx, on an Attic lekythos, c. 420–400 BC, housed in the British Museum
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus Rex
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Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles. The play is thought to have been first performed c. 429 BC, although thi
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…killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus Rex, which is followed in the narrative sequence by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Together, these plays make up Sophocles's three Theban plays…
Louis Bouwmeester as Oedipus in a Dutch production of Oedipus Rex, c. 1896
Oedipus after he solves the riddle of the Sphinx (1864), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Walters Art Museum
Joseph Blanc, The murder of Laïus by Oedipus, 1867, Paris, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Bénigne Gagneraux, The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods