Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Read the full post at - Oedipus Rex by Sophocles I picked up Oedipus Rex as part of reading through the Theban trilogy. I was browsing Standard Ebooks and the collection caught my eye. I hadn’t read it since a required literature class in college, so I figured it was time to revisit and see how it held up. It’s been thousands of years since Sophocles wrote this play, and honestly, it’s remarkable how well it still works. The story hasn’t lost its punch. For anyone who needs a refresher: Oedipus is king of Thebes, which is suffering from a plague. The oracle says the plague will only end when the murderer of the previous king is found and punished. Oedipus leads the investigation with absolute determination to find the killer and save his city. The problem? Oedipus himself is the murderer. He killed his father and married his mother, fulfilling a prophecy he’d spent his entire life trying to avoid. The central question the play wrestles with is one we’re still arguing about today: when…