Download Oedipus Sophocles Plays PNG. The story of oedipus is the subject of sophocles' tragedy oedipus the king, which was followed by oedipus at colonus and then antigone. Sophocles makes good use of dramatic irony in oedipus the king.

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I've loved these since high school. As the play opens, the citizens of thebes beg their king, oedipus, to lift the plague that threatens to destroy the city. During this period, sophocles is said to have authored over 120 plays, only seven of which survive to this day in their entirety:

This legend has been retold in many versions.

Oedipus was a mythical greek king of thebes. First of all, to understand sophocles' play, oedipus the king, a bit of greek mythology is in order. Using the pin from a brooch he took off jocasta's gown, oedipus blinded himself and was then exiled. Sophocles was one of the earliest playwrights.