Oedipus Rex

by Sophocles c. 421 BC

 

This is an updated rendition of the classic, adapted by Kerri Jones from translations by R. C. Jebb and Bernard Mayes and illustrated by Owen Jones in the summer of 2001.


Table of Contents

Page 1 - Title Page Page 2 - Characters and Setting Page 3 - Laius and Jocasta

Page 4 - Left to die Page 5 - The riddle Page 6 - Hearts and crowns

Page 7 - Sea of blood Page 8 - Creon at the oracle Page 9 - Apollo's orders

Page 10 - The curse Page 11 - Teiresias Page 12 - How dare you!

Page 13 - Don't listen to prophesies Page 14 - Take no notice! Page 15 - News from Corinth

Page 16 - Let this matter rest! Page 17 - I must know! Page 18 - Twist his arm!

Page 19 - Shepherd's tale Page 20 - The awful truth Page 21 - End of her rope

Page 22 - Cut her down! Page 23 - Exile me! Page 24 - Desolation

Page 25 - Moral Page 26 - The End


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