Oedipus the King PDF book is popular book written by Sophocles. The book was released by on 2019-10-15 with total hardcover pages 106. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Oedipus the King by Sophocles in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
At the outset of the play, Oedipus is the beloved ruler of the city of Thebes, whose citizens have been stricken by a plague. Consulting the Delphic oracle, Oed
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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