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Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles I (c. 496 - 406 B.C.)

Type of Work:

Tragic, poetic Greek drama

Setting

Thebes, a city of ancient Greece

Principal Characters

Oedipus, King of Thebes
Jocasta, his mother ... and finally his wife
Teiresias, a blind prophet
Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law
A Chorus

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