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Oedipus the King ( Oedipus Rex )
 

Oedipus the King ( Oedipus Rex )

by Sophocles

To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King of Corinth. Polybus being... (read more)

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Overview: Amazon Reviews

High Quality, Low Price
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2007-09-23
I purchased this title because the cost of the book was low and I have read it before. Although I didn't notice the other reviews of this book, saying there were errors, I got this book and it it didn't have any missing pages or paragraphs. I would recommend this title because of the high quality and low price.
Do Not Order This Version
  • Rated 1 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2007-08-27
I had already ordered a copy of this before I saw the other reviewer's comments, and hoped that maybe that person had just gotten a bad copy. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and as they said, this book is incomplete. Someone really should contact the publisher about this and get this book off the "shelves."
missing text
  • Rated 1 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2007-08-04
This version is missing at least 14 pages to the end. It cuts off mid-sentence, in the middle of a word! I bought it for my son's English summer reading, and he got one from the library to compare. If he had not read this before, he would not have realized that at least an entire scene was missing. I will have to order a different version as well.
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