Oedipus

A retelling of the myth of Oedipus through the eyes of his mother and wife Jocasta (Iokaste).

HTML version of the Oedipus Rex.

Feature from your Guide on Oedipus, the seemingly wise man, who vainly sought to contravene fate by controlling his destiny.

From your Guide. In addition to a shared theme of mother-love, in the end, lives are irrevocably destroyed in both Hamlet and Oedipus.

Michael Rutenberg brings Seneca's version of the Sophoclean tragedy about the incestuous king to life for modern audiences

Had it not been for the beauty of Helen, Hermione's mother, there would have been no Trojan War. Had it not been for their mothers, Jocasta and Clytemnestra, the heroes Oedipus and Orestes would have remained obscure. Mortal mothers of other legendary heroes had important (if lesser) roles in the ancient Greek epics of Homer and drama of the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

The sphinx asked Oedipus a riddle which it didn't expect him to answer. Learn the riddle, its answer, and the prize Oedipus won.

Oedipus Redivivus Freud, Jung and Psychoanalysi, by Douglas A. Davis of Haverford College. The history of Freud's development of the Oedipal Complex.

Roger Dunkle's study guide to the tragedy of Oedipus.

Andrew Wilson tells why Oedipus cursed the shepherd who saved his life. The shepherd was a miserable, disobedient liar whose actions contradicted the oracle. By the time he revealed what he knew about Oedipus' identity, it was too late to save anyone.

Table explaining prologue and Episodes 1-5 of Oedipus Rex.

Study Guide for Sophocles' Oedipus the King, from Temple University's Robin Mitchell-Boyask.

Book Review of Simon Goldhill's Love, Sex, and Tragedy, a new answer to the "Why study classics?" question.