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Oedipus the King

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Award–winning poet Robert Bagg presents a dynamic translation of Sophocles’s celebrated play of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King.
Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles. The ancient world’s most shocking and memorable tragedy, it is the story of Thebes’s resilient hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, manipulation of the Olympian gods, and all-too-human weakness.


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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 18, 2023

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780062132093
  • Release date: August 18, 2023

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780062132093
  • File size: 752 KB
  • Release date: August 18, 2023

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1110
Text Difficulty:7-9

Award–winning poet Robert Bagg presents a dynamic translation of Sophocles’s celebrated play of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King.
Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles. The ancient world’s most shocking and memorable tragedy, it is the story of Thebes’s resilient hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, manipulation of the Olympian gods, and all-too-human weakness.


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