Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes Sophocles 496? BCE-407 BCE creator Murray, Gilbert 1866-1957 text utu 2008 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Oedipus King of Thebes" by Sophocles is an Athenian tragedy written around 429 BC. When a plague ravages Thebes, King Oedipus vows to find and punish the murderer of the previous king, Laius. As he investigates, the blind prophet Tiresias warns him to abandon his search. But Oedipus persists, unaware that his quest for truth will uncover devastating secrets about his own identity and past—secrets connected to an ancient prophecy about patricide and incest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex Release date is 2008-12-31 Produced by Sigal Alon, Turgut Dincer, R. Cedron and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Tragedies (Drama) Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27673 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27673 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133630.0 27673