The Tragedy of the House of Oedipus

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Kelly Macquire
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published on 02 April 2023

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.

Oedipus at Colonus was the third play of the Oedipus trilogy written by the great Greek tragedian Sophocles (c. 496 - c. 406 BCE). Although written in the years prior to his death, it would finally be presented by his son Iophon at a dramatic competition in 401 BCE. The play's sequel Antigone was actually written years earlier in 441 BCE. Oedipus at Colonus accounts for the final years of the fallen king, 20 years after his exile from Thebes. Blind, weak and dressed in rags, he accepted his fate and wandered from town to town as an outcast accompanied only by his young daughter Antigone.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
4:30 Oedipus The King
8:50 Oedipus at Colonus
13:00 Antigone
16:15 Outro

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Theogony https://www.worldhistory.org/Theogony/
Oedipus at Colonos https://www.worldhistory.org/Oedipus_at_Colonus/
Oedipus the King https://www.worldhistory.org/Oedipus_the_King/
Sophocles https://www.worldhistory.org/sophocles/
Antigone https://www.worldhistory.org/Antigone/
Seven Against Thebes https://www.worldhistory.org/Seven_Against_Thebes/

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Kelly Macquire
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Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.

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