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King Oedipus Kindle Edition

by Sophocles (Author), David Grene (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, 'King Oedipus' (or 'Oedipus Rex') is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by 'Oedipus at Colonus' and then 'Antigone'). After defeating the Sphinx and freeing the kingdom of Thebes from her curse, the flawed hero unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
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    70 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Start Publishing LLC
  4. Publication date
    August 24, 2015
  5. File size
    587 KB
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Rudall is former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago, and he is the professor of classics at the University.



Sophocles (c. 496 BCE-406 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B015P4F69K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Start Publishing LLC; 1st edition (August 24, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 587 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
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  • Anne
    5.0 out of 5 stars good quality
    Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
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    large font and pages, easy to read
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  • JM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020
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    Good book
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  • Talissa Torres
    4.0 out of 5 stars It did its job
    Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2018
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    I only used this for a college class and that's the only thing I used it for.
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  • Barrie Bracken
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent rendition
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016
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    It is Sophecles, what could be wrong? Very good audio. uy it.
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  • Tony Sampson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016
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    A classic, a must read.
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  • Israel Drazin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Aristotle: This is the most perfect tragedy
    Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019
    Sophocles is one of the four great Greek playwrights whose works are extant today. The others are Aeschylus and Euripides, both of whom wrote tragedies like Sophocles, and the humorist Aristophanes who mocked the philosopher Socrates as a man whose head was in a cloud. Sophocles lived around 496 to around 406 BCE. He wrote about 200 plays and was quite famous during his lifetime. Only seven of his plays are extant. The Oedipus Cycle of three plays is his most well-known series. Sigmund Freud drew his idea of an Oedipus Complex from it, although it is not hinted in the plays. The famed thinker Aristotle called Oedipus Rex the most perfect tragedy because, among other things, it depicts a man on top of the world who is brought low, his definition of a tragedy.
    In the play, Oedipus is the king of Thebes. His city is struck by a plague and the inhabitants want him to do something to remove it. He sends a messenger to an oracle and is told that a huge wrong was committer and the plague will not be removed by the gods until the wrong is righted. Not knowing that he was the man who committed the wrong, he orders that the culprit should be found and either killed or expelled from the city.
    It turns out that many years previously Oedipus’ father Laios heard from an oracle that his son will kill him. To protect himself, he ordered that his son be killed. His wife had pity on the child and placed him on a mountain. Oedipus was saved. When he grew up, he accidentally killed Laios, not knowing who he is. He marries Laios’ wife, his mother, and has children by her.
    This is a good easy to read translation.
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  • Michael Glenn
    1.0 out of 5 stars Amazon page says this is translated by Grene. Bought ...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018
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    Amazon page says this is translated by Grene. Bought the kindle version, and it is instead translated by Lewis Campbell. Not returnable since it is a digital purchase. My son needs to read the Grene translation for school.
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  • Megan Weekes
    1.0 out of 5 stars NOT BY GREENE
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020
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    This makes it look like it is the version translated by Greene, it is NOT do not buy if that's the version you're looking for.
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  • Lesley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what was needed
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2025
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    Superb book for uni theatre student. Quick delivery.
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