Oedipus the King (429-420 BCE), also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos ('Tyrannos' signifies that the throne was not gained through an inheritance) is the most famous surviving play written by the 5th-century BCE poet and dramatist Sophocles. The play is part of a trilogy along with Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus.
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c. 496 BCE - c. 406 BCELife of Greek tragedy poet Sophocles.
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429 BCE - 420 BCESophocles' tragedy 'Oedipus the King' is first performed.
