The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles

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English versions of Sophocles’ three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.

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Oedipus: Abandoned as infant to be killed, and saved by King Polybus and his queen, Merope. The protagonist of the Oedipus Rex.

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My children, generations of the living

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