description: "...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?"Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth.To make Oedipus more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. We hope that the reader may, through this edition, more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama.
language: English
title: Oedipus the King
titlecomplete: Oedipus the King
characters: Sphinx (Greek mythology), Creon, Tiresias, Oedipus, Jocasta (Greek Mythology)
genres: Read For School, High School, Mythology, School, Theatre, Tragedy, Classics, Plays, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 209105
places: Greece, Thebes
series: The Theban Plays
publisher: Random House Trade