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
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
Antigone (Sophocles play)
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Antigone is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in either 442 or 440 BC and first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year. It is thought to be the second-oldest surviving play of S
Oedipus Rex
…It is one of three surviving plays that deal with the story of Oedipus and Thebes. Of the three, Oedipus Rex was the second to be written, following Antigone by about a dozen years. However, in terms of the chronology of events described by the plays, it comes first, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then…
Antigone in front of the dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras 1865
Antigone being captured and arrested for the burial of her brother, Polynices. Sébastien Norblin, 1825.