He realizes that he has not been the best son and brother to them. Oedipus, blinded by his own hands, has been walking the land with his daughter, Antigone. He is searching for his place to die.

The shepherd took pity on the baby and handed him to another shepherd, who gave Oedipus to a neighbouring king who was ...

Yet the similarity to Christian sacrament won't carry you to the core of Oedipus, either, for Sophocles' drama is above all else a pagan rite of purification. It is a religious outlook worthy of ...

Oedipus is found by shepherds and raised by foster-parents, the King and Queen of Corinth. The Oracle at Delphi prophesies that Oedipus will end up killing his father and marrying his mother.

Teiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus is the murderer he seeks. That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels ...

Those who witnessed the 1881 production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex can now see what eventually happened to the King in the play's sequel, Oedipus Coloneus, the last of the dramatist's seven extant ...