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Chapters explained

Chapter companions for Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

  1. Chapter 1

    Dramatis Personae

    A list of characters in the play, including Oedipus, the Priest of Zeus, Creon, the Chorus of Theban elders, Teiresias, Jocasta, a Messenger, the Herd of Laius, and a Second Messenger, with the scene set in Thebes before the Palace of Oedipus.

  2. Chapter 2

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.

  3. Chapter 3

    Endnotes

    This chapter contains scholarly endnotes referencing translation choices and a note about a missing portion of the Greek text.