num_pages: 144
description: One noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder -- the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. One noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder -- the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy.
language: English
title: Oedipus the King
titlecomplete: Oedipus the King
characters: Creon, Tiresias, Sphinx (Greek mythology), Jocasta (Greek Mythology), Oedipus
genres: Read For School, Mythology, Theatre, Tragedy, School, Plays, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 208949
places: Greece, Thebes
series: The Theban Plays
publisher: Simon & Schuster