Oedipus the King : a new verse translation / Sophocles ; translated by David Kovacs.

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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 often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Oedipus Rex. English
Main Author:	Sophocles (Author)
Other Authors:	Kovacs, David (Translator)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Oedipus > (Greek mythological figure) > Drama. Thebes (Greece) > Drama. Oedipus > (Greek mythological figure) Greece > Thebes. Drama.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	ix, 108 pages ; 20 cm
Format:	Book

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