Sophocles 496? BCE-407 BCE creator Kampanis, Aristos 1883-1956 text utu 2006 monographic el 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Οιδίπους Τύραννος" by Sophocles is a tragedy believed to have been first performed around 428 BCE. When plague devastates Thebes, King Oedipus vows to find and punish the murderer of the previous king, Laius, whose crime has brought divine wrath upon the city. His determined investigation leads him toward a terrible discovery about his own identity and past. The play explores the inescapable nature of fate and how attempts to avoid prophecy can fulfill it. Many critics, including Aristotle, consider it the greatest tragedy ever written. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex Wikipedia page about this book: https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82 Release date is 2006-02-23 Produced by Christos Alexandridis Original publication data not identified Tragedies (Drama) Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17839 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17839 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133421.0 17839