"Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles @ Three Greek Plays

Join us to explore the power of Greek plays on Second and Fourth Fridays

Oedipus Rex is widely regarded as one of the greatest plays, stories, and tragedies ever written. In the words of one notable critic, it is "the fullest expression of this conception of tragedy," that is the conception of tragedy as a "revelation of the evil lot of man," where a man may have "all the equipment for glory and honor" but still have "the greatest effort to do good" end in "the evil of an unbearable self for which one is not responsible."

See an overview of the play here.

1. Aeschylus - "Prometheus Bound" Sep 8
2. Sophocles - "Oedipus Rex" Sep 22
3. Euripides - "Medea" Oct 6