Of his three Theban plays that have survived, and that deal with the story of Oedipus, Oedipus Rex was the second to be written. In antiquity, the term “tyrant” referred to a ruler, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from Oedipus at Colonus. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus, as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. BOOK TWO: Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically. BOOK ONE: Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.
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