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    Oedipus Rex

    Classical Athenian tragedy by Sophocles

    This article is about the play by Sophocles. For other uses, see Oedipus Rex (disambiguation).

    Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced[oidípuːstýrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Atheniantragedy by Sophocles.

    While some scholars have argued that the play was first performed c. 429 BC, this is highly uncertain.[1] Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus (Οἰδίπους), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics.

    It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from Oedipus at Colonus, a later play by Sophocles. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation.[2][3][4]

    Of Sophocles' three Theban plays that have survived, and that deal with the