# Oedipus — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Oedipus in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** O Oedipus, King Oedipus, The simple Oedipus, Exit Oedipus, Oedipus Madam, Oedipus The knave methinks, Oedipus Monster, Oedipus Merope

**First appearance:** 0001-dramatis-personae

## Who they are

King of Thebes who solved the riddle of the Sphinx and unknowingly fulfills a terrible prophecy.

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