Oedipus: Media
Greek mythology
Videos
Watch the exchange between self-blinded Oedipus and Creon in Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex
In Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, the blind Oedipus asks Creon...
Listen to the chorus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King decrying human disregard of the gods
In this excerpt from Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the King, learn about the...
Watch self-blinded Oedipus confer with chorus leader about fulfillment of Apollo's prophecy in Oedipus Rex
Oedipus, demonstrating an excess of presumption (or hubris) in his confidence that...
Hear Oedipus question a shepherd who affirms the prophecy is fulfilled in Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex
The crisis of Oedipus the King, in which a shepherd reveals Oedipus's hidden...
Images
Attic cup: Oedipus and the Sphinx
Oedipus and the Sphinx, interior of an Attic red-figured kylix...
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Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, drawing by Alfred Brennan, 1881.
Public Domain, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Jean Mounet-Sully as Oedipus
Jean Mounet-Sully starring as Oedipus in Oedipus the King, colour print,...
Historia/REX/Shutterstock.com
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