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Ancient · Tragedy
Oedipus the King
by Sophocles. A king’s investigation into a plague uncovers his own horrifying identity and the limits of human self-knowledge.
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- Date
- c. 429 BCE
- Origin
- Ancient Greece
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- Tragedy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
A king’s investigation into a plague uncovers his own horrifying identity and the limits of human self-knowledge.
This work is included on the basis of great books / bloom / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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