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Oedipus Rex

noun

  1. a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.


Oedipus Rex

  1. A tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the fall of Oedipus . ( See under Mythology and Folklore .”)


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She played my mom on the show and we had a sort of strange Oedipus Rex relationship.

As we were too short both of time and funds to present Oedipus Rex in a stage setting, it was decided to give it in concert form.

There is no carefully interwoven plot such as tragedy presents, for example in Oedipus Rex.

An echo of this is to be found in the Oedipus Rex of Sophocles.

But here, as in so many other contexts, we must turn for the classic example to the Oedipus Rex.

We were in complete agreement in choosing Oedipus Rex as the subject.

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