num_pages: 224
description: 'Sophocles … created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama …' With these words Dr Dawe sets out the importance of Oedipus Rex. He investigates why it has for so long fascinated the human mind, devoting his introduction to an examination of the story and to the technique employed by Sophocles to unfold the plot. In this revised edition he also argues for the spurious nature of the play's ending. As with the first edition, the commentary deals authoritatively with problems of language and expression, but is enhanced by reflections on the text developed in the twenty years since the publication of that first edition. Written for classical scholars and students, this is a welcome revised edition of a bestselling text.
language: English
title: Oedipus Rex
titlecomplete: Oedipus Rex (Greek and Latin Classics)
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: 208963
places: Greece, Thebes
series: The Theban Plays
publisher: Cambridge University Press