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Classical Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King,
Oedipus_Rex
Mythical Greek king of Thebes
family. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus Rex, which is followed in the narrative sequence by Oedipus at Colonus and then
Oedipus
5th-century BC Athenian tragic playwright
a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most
Sophocles
Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Oedipus Rex (Italian: Edipo re) is a 1967 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based upon the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by
Oedipus_Rex_(1967_film)
Idea in psychoanalysis
its roots in the same soil as Oedipus Rex", and that the differences between the two plays are revealing: In [Oedipus Rex] the child's wishful fantasy
Oedipus_complex
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
in 401 BC. In the timeline of the plays, the events of Oedipus at Colonus occur after Oedipus Rex and before Antigone; however, it was the last of Sophocles's
Oedipus_at_Colonus
1927 opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky
Oedipus rex is an opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy
Oedipus_rex_(opera)
1957 Canadian film
Oedipus Rex is a 1957 tragedy film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus
Oedipus_Rex_(1957_film)
Reversal of circumstances, turning point
Aristotle identified Oedipus Rex as the principal work demonstrating peripety. (See Aristotle's Poetics.) In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the peripeteia occurs
Peripeteia
Painting by Gustave Moreau
meeting between Oedipus and the Sphinx on the road outside Thebes, as described in Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex. The painting depicts Oedipus meeting the
Oedipus_and_the_Sphinx
1959 live album by Tom Lehrer
College Days" – 3:03 "A Christmas Carol" – 2:54 "The Elements" – 2:16 "Oedipus Rex" – 3:41 "In Old Mexico" – 6:26 "Clementine" – 4:40 "It Makes a Fellow
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
An_Evening_Wasted_with_Tom_Lehrer
Figure in Greek mythology
figures prominently in the plays Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, written by Sophocles. In Oedipus Rex, Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta
Creon_(king_of_Thebes)
Topics referred to by the same term
Oedipus Rex (c. 429 BC) is a play by Sophocles. Oedipus Rex may also refer to: Oedipus, a king of Thebes in Greek mythology Pseudoeurycea rex, a salamander
Oedipus_Rex_(disambiguation)
Daughter of Oedipus in Greek mythology
Theban plays: Antigone and her sister Ismene are seen at the end of Oedipus Rex as Oedipus laments the "shame" and "sorrow" he is leaving his daughters to
Antigone
1966 novel by Thomas Pynchon
tragedy Oedipus Rex, and that of the Oedipus Complex, a psychoanalytical theory pioneered by Sigmund Freud. Comparing the novel with Oedipus Rex, some scholars
The_Crying_of_Lot_49
2018 play by Robert Icke
Oedipus is a 2018 play by Robert Icke. It is a reimagining of the play Oedipus Tyrannos by Sophocles, set on the evening of an election. Oedipus is a politician
Oedipus_(Icke_play)
American film and theatre director and writer (born 1952)
Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, for the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan, under the baton of Seiji Ozawa in 1992. The opera featured Philip Langridge as Oedipus and Jessye
Julie_Taymor
Tragedy by Sophocles
triad of tragedies known as the three Theban plays, following Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. Even though the events in Antigone occur last in the
Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
Topics referred to by the same term
racehorse Oedipus Rex, an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus, an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles Oedipus (Euripides), a mostly lost play Oedipus (Seneca)
Oedipus_(disambiguation)
Mythological princess of Thebes
Polynices. She appears in several tragic plays of Sophocles, including Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. She also appears at the end of Aeschylus'
Ismene
1987 opera by Wolfgang Rihm
Oedipus is an opera in two parts composed by Wolfgang Rihm to a German-language libretto that he based on the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and
Oedipus_(opera)
Greek mythological Queen of Thebes
of women in Western literature. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, an ancient Greek retelling of this legend as a play Oedipus, describing the life and cultural
Jocasta
Blind prophet of Apollo
Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, the city of Thebes was struck by a plague of infertility, affecting crops, livestock, and the people. King Oedipus asserted that
Tiresias
Smiles 1937 Oedipus Rex 1957 Antigone 1961 Oedipus Rex 1967 Oedipus the King 1968 Funeral Parade of Roses 1969 Night Warning 1982 Oedipus Wrecks 1989
List of films based on classical mythology
List_of_films_based_on_classical_mythology
Literary work
Oedipus and the Sphinx. A better known and well preserved version of this story is told by the Athenian tragic poet Sophocles in his play Oedipus Rex
Theban_Cycle
Mythological prince of Thebes
century BC tragic plays by Sophocles known as the Three Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, with his death and burial being the main
Polynices
Restoration tragedy by Dryden and Lee
The heroic drama Oedipus: A Tragedy, is an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, written by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. After being licensed in 1678
Oedipus_(Dryden_play)
Tragedy by Seneca
story of Oedipus, which is better known through the play Oedipus Rex by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. It is written in Latin. Oedipus is the king
Oedipus_(Seneca)
Lost play by Euripides
as Sophocles' acclaimed Oedipus Rex, but scholars and historians have found there are significant differences. In Oedipus Rex, the title character blinds
Oedipus_(Euripides)
1968 film adaptation of Sophoclean tragedy, directed by Philip Saville
Oedipus the King is a 1968 British film adaptation of the Sophoclean tragedy Oedipus Rex, directed and co-written by Philip Saville. It stars Christopher
Oedipus_the_King_(film)
Historical village in southeastern Morocco
location, including: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) Oedipus Rex (1967) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) The Message (1976) Jesus of Nazareth
Aït_Benhaddou
English writer and composer (1917–1993)
linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. He was nominated and shortlisted
Anthony_Burgess
American actor (1936–1989)
San Francisco, he played more than 40 roles there, including Hamlet, Oedipus Rex and Brother Julian in Tiny Alice. In 1982, he provided the voice of Jenner
Paul_Shenar
Protagonist's error in Greek dramatic theory
avoid tragedy, which Hyde asserts is problematic. In Oedipus Rex, she observes that the ideas of Oedipus' hasty behavior at the crossroads or his trust in
Hamartia
1974 film by Roman Polanski
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. He argued that both works share a "wasteland motif", wherein a central figure—Noah Cross in Chinatown and Oedipus in Oedipus Rex—exploits
Chinatown_(1974_film)
Second most important character in a narrative
in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the protagonist would be Oedipus, who is on stage in most acts, the deuteragonist would be Jocasta (Oedipus' mother and wife)
Deuteragonist
English actor (1943–2026)
Real Thing in London's West End and played the title role in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex on BBC TV in 1985. In 1986, Pennington and director Michael Bogdanov
Michael_Pennington
1996 film
is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language
Oedipus_Mayor
Russian composer (1882–1971)
Greek mythological themes in works including Apollon musagète (1927), Oedipus rex (1927), and Persephone (1935). In his serial period, Stravinsky turned
Igor_Stravinsky
1749 novel by Henry Fielding
it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned", alongside Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Alchemist by Ben Jonson. It became a best-seller
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The_History_of_Tom_Jones,_a_Foundling
Sexual activity between persons unaware of a family relationship
the discovery. The plot and eventual climax of Oedipus Rex revolves around accidental incest. Oedipus, raised by an adoptive mother who he believes is
Accidental_incest
Tool used to guide livestock in motion
from Middle English gode, from Old English gād. In Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, Oedipus's father Laius tried to kill his son with a goad when they accidentally
Goad
1962 novel by Aldous Huxley
of Palanese society as well, including a marionette version of Oedipus Rex called Oedipus in Pala with a revised and happy ending. The Palanese are so intimately
Island_(Huxley_novel)
Italian actress (1921–2006)
1957), Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face; 1960), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Oedipus Rex; 1967), Mario Bava (Lisa and the Devil; 1972), Bernardo Bertolucci (1900
Alida_Valli
American actor, stage director, poet, and painter (1925–1985)
and Theandric; and made several film appearances, with small roles in Oedipus Rex (1967), Love and Anger (1969), The Cotton Club (1984), and 9½ Weeks (1986)
Julian_Beck
Greek god and personification of the Sun
ancient drama to witness the unfolding events or take action, such as in Oedipus Rex and Medea. The notion of Helios as witness to oaths and vows also led
Helios
Mythological king of Corinth
natural causes was announced by the messenger to Jocasta in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Oedipus mistakenly took that to mean that he had not killed his father and
Polybus_of_Corinth
English actress
Hodge at the Bush Theatre.[self-published source?] 2014 Antigone in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Directed by Peter Sellars at the Royal Festival Hall 2016
Emily_Barber
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
Milan: Garzanti Editore, 1967. Translated into English by John Mathews as Oedipus Rex. London: Lorrimer Publishing Ltd, 1971. Teorema. Milan: Garzanti, 1968
Pier_Paolo_Pasolini
in literature, with famous early examples such as Sophocles' classic Oedipus Rex, a tragedy in which the title character unwittingly kills his father
Incest_in_literature
roi 1908 Oedipus Rex 1909 Oedipus Rex 1911 Oedipus Rex 1957 Antigone 1960 Acosados, Los 1960 Antigone 1961 Antigone 1962 Edipo re 1967 Oedipus the King
List of films based on Greek drama
List_of_films_based_on_Greek_drama
South Korean action thriller film
It was Apollo's prophecy that revealed Oedipus' fate in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The link to Oedipus Rex is only a minor element in most English-language
Oldboy_(2003_film)
Body of myths originating in ancient Greece
different from the tale known to us through tragedy (e.g. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex) and later mythological accounts. Greek mythology culminates in the Trojan
Greek_mythology
Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
announced plans to direct and produce a film version of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, adapted for the screen by Walter Reisch. They planned to shoot the film
Billy_Wilder
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
Broadway League (July 17, 1984). "Oedipus Rex – Broadway Play – 1984 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved March 7, 2022. "Oedipus Rex (Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theater
Vivian_Beaumont_Theater
German artist (1891–1976)
lifelong friend. Éluard bought two of Ernst's paintings (Celebes and Oedipus Rex) and selected six collages to illustrate his poetry collection Répétitions
Max_Ernst
Canadian actor (1922–2009)
opening production of Richard III in 1953, and King Oedipus in the stage and screen production of Oedipus Rex in 1954. He appeared many times at Stratford in
Douglas_Campbell_(actor)
Ancient Greek temple
with the Persians and Oedipus incorrectly assuming the prophecy from Pythia was about his adopted parents from Corinth in Oedipus Rex. The women selected
Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)
Verse play by Rita Dove
South Carolina, and is based on the Greek legend of Oedipus, and on Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex in particular. The play premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare
The_Darker_Face_of_the_Earth
Italian actor (1935–2016)
opposite Anna Magnani, in Mamma Roma (1962), the title character in Oedipus Rex (1967), a cannibal in Pigsty (1969), Ser Ciappelletto in The Decameron
Franco_Citti
after being ordered to marry. Oedipus-type tales are narratives that mirror the central plot of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex: a forewarning that a mother will
Incest in folklore and mythology
Incest_in_folklore_and_mythology
Tragedy by Voltaire
little of the theater in Paris." In adapting Sophocles' Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex, Voltaire attempted to rationalise the plot and motivation of its characters
Oedipus_(Voltaire_play)
Prediction that causes itself to become true
example of a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs in classical play Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes, whilst in the process unwittingly
Self-fulfilling_prophecy
Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
date during the 430s, close to but probably before Oedipus Rex. Evidence for a date near Oedipus Rex include a thematic similarity between the two plays
Women_of_Trachis
Italian actor (1946–2019)
career in 1967, at the age of 21, starring in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Oedipus Rex, while during the 1970s and the 1980s he alternated performances in some
Luciano_Bartoli
Ancient Roman tragedies
When comparing Sophocles' Oedipus Rex to Seneca's Oedipus, both follow the story arc of Oedipus' journey, but Oedipus Rex — the original play – unravels
Senecan_tragedy
1959 opera by Carl Orff
Oedipus der Tyrann (Oedipus the Tyrant ) is Carl Orff's musical setting of the drama Oedipus Tyrannos (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος) in a prologue
Oedipus_der_Tyrann
British actor, theatre director, and narrator (born 1966)
National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Works include Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and The Soldier's Tale, Prokofiev's Eugene Onegin, Beethoven's Egmont
Samuel_West
Argentinian-Spanish-American operatic tenor (born 1995)
and Guests Give Oedipus rex Power and Purpose". www.sfcv.org. Archived from the original on 2024-06-20. Retrieved 2024-06-20. "Oedipus Rex at the San Francisco
Jose_Simerilla_Romero
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
dessins. Cocteau wrote the libretto for Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex, which had its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in
Jean_Cocteau
Ancient Greek goddess
Publishers, ISBN 978-0-06-090854-6 Wunder, Eduard (1855). Sophocles' Oedipus rex, Oedipus Colonaeus, Electra, Antigone. Vol. I. London: Williams and Norgate
Athena
American poet, critic and translator (1910–1985)
Sophocles (1951). Oedipus Rex. Translators Dudley Fitts, Robert Fitzgerald. Faber and Faber. Sophocles (1954). Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
Robert_Fitzgerald
American actor and director (born 1957)
became interested in acting as a teenager. During a reading of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in high school, Townsend captured the attention of Chicago's X-Bag Theatre
Robert_Townsend_(actor)
Fury (Erinys) in Greek mythology
unveil the Medusa. Alecto is invoked in John Dryden's adaptation of Oedipus Rex. She is mentioned multiple times in Miklós Zrínyi's The Siege of Sziget
Alecto
(441 BC) Women of Trachis (450–425 BC) Oedipus Rex (429 BC) Electra (420–414 BC) Philoctetes (409 BC) Oedipus at Colonus (406 BC) Alcestis (438 BC) Medea
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
Nigerian play by Ola Rotimi
1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. An adaptation of the Greek classical play Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security
The_Gods_Are_Not_to_Blame
Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
Knight and Francesca da Rimini, Igor Stravinsky in Le Rossignol, Mavra, Oedipus rex, and The Rake's Progress, Sergei Prokofiev in The Gambler, The Love for
Opera
Italian cinematographer
Ruzzolini is known for lensing such films as Stephen King's Firestarter, Oedipus Rex, Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker!, and My Name is Nobody. "Biografia
Giuseppe_Ruzzolini
Self-inflicted removal of one's own eye
autoenucleation can be found in Greek mythology: Oedipus, according to Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus Rex, gouged his own eyes out after discovering he had
Autoenucleation
These fibulae were an early version of the safety pin. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus uses pins to stab out his eyes after learning he was the one to kill
Clothing_in_ancient_Greece
American actor (1913–1996)
followed it a month later with the speaking role in a performance of Oedipus rex by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. That summer of 1948 Addy played Iago
Wesley_Addy
2021 studio album by Arca
"Electra Rex" is underpinned by a cavernous trap beat and syncopated percussion; its title combines the Greek mythological tragedies of Electra and Oedipus Rex
Kick_III
Scottish actor (born 1967)
of Torquato Tasso, and as Creon in the Citizens' Theatre production of Oedipus, earned him a commendation at the 1995 Ian Charleson Awards for outstanding
Henry_Ian_Cusick
Predetermined course of events
correctly predicted. This portrayal of fate is present in works such as Oedipus Rex (427 BCE), the Iliad, the Odyssey (800 BCE), and Theogony. Many ancient
Destiny
Sigmund Freud developed his ideas about the Oedipus complex through an analysis of Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Freud's ideas
Hamlet_and_psychoanalysis
English actress (1940–2026)
Julius Caesar Henry VI Simpcox's Wife Richard III Lord Mayor's Wife Oedipus Rex Jocasta The Lower-Middle Class Wedding Party Lady 1963–1964 Henry VI
Penelope_Keith
English writer, broadcaster, classicist, and comedian (born 1974)
Her second novel, Children of Jocasta, a retelling of Antigone and Oedipus Rex, was published in 2017. Haynes's third novel, A Thousand Ships (relating
Natalie_Haynes
American opera singer (1945–2019)
Opera Company of Philadelphia, when cast as Jocasta in Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, and as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. She went on to sing leading
Jessye_Norman
Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939)
of The House of Atreus; Iago; Oberon; and the title roles in Henry V, Oedipus the King, and King Lear. He also was an associate director.In 1968, Cariou
Len_Cariou
Set of therapeutic techniques established by Sigmund Freud
his father over his mother, naming this view after Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex, and supplementing it with case studies such as the Analysis of a Phobia
Psychoanalysis
Calliope. "the odyssey of homer". Sophocles (1993). Dawe, R. D. (ed.). Oedipus Rex (Reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-28777-7. Homer
English_translations_of_Homer
Figure in Greek mythology
California Press, 1982, pp. 270–71, 281–83. Harold Bloom. Bloom's Guides: Oedipus Rex, Chelsea Press, New York, 2007, p. 8. Raggio, Olga (1958). "The Myth
Prometheus
2004 book by Christopher Booker
Shakespeare), Macbeth (William Shakespeare), Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert), Oedipus Rex (Sophocles), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), Romeo and Juliet
The_Seven_Basic_Plots
Mythological figures
26.9; Hyginus, Fabulae 90 Hyginus, Fabulae 24 Scholia ad Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 775 Homer, Iliad 5.547; Odyssey, 3.489 = 15.187 Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey
Medusa_(mythology)
Fable in La Fontaine's Fables
Fontaine (1841), Notes to Book 1, Fable XXII The reference is to the Oedipus Rex of Sophocles Dylan Byron, "Acting Like Animals During a Pandemic", Lapham's
The Animals Sick of the Plague
The_Animals_Sick_of_the_Plague
Lost play from Ancient Greece
examples Aristotle gave of this type of effective plot were Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and a play about Alcmaeon by 4th century BCE tragic playwright Astydamas
Odysseus_Acanthoplex
Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states. 429 BC: Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex is first performed. 427 BC: Birth of Plato. 424 BC: Nanda dynasty comes
Timeline_of_ancient_history
State of mental uncertainty
Spirits (1982). In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex (429 B.C.), suspense is achieved through a withholding of the knowledge that Oedipus himself has killed Laius, his
Suspense
Filipino musician (born 1978)
the Tanghalang Ateneo where he starred in a modern-day adaptation of Oedipus Rex alongside Marian Rivera. In 2024, he starred in their productions of
Yanni_Yuzon
Form of theatre from Ancient Greece
Antigone), 442 BC; Women of Trachis (Tραχίνιαι / Trachiniai), date unknown; Oedipus Rex (Οἰδίπoυς τύραννoς / Oidipous Tyrannos) around 430 BC; Electra (Ἠλέκτρα
Greek_tragedy
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