Oedipus the King /

• Main Author: Sophocles (συγγραφέας)
• Other Authors: Kovacs, David (μεταφραστής)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Σοφοκλής, > 496-406 > Οιδίπους Τύραννος.; Οιδίπους (Μυθολογία) στη λογοτεχνία; Θήβα (Ελλάδα) στη λογοτεχνία. > Δράμα.

"Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristotle's Poetics, which cites the play more often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious...