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Yes, the criteria of a tragedy are met in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, a tragedy tells the story of a heroic main character whose life takes an unfortunate turn, usually through a flaw in his own character. Theban King Oedipus is heroic as the main character and as the doer of great deeds. For example, he alone figures out how to defeat the monstrous Thebes and thereby saves the entire city of Thebes from destruction. But by the end of the play, he loses his sight, reputation, job, home and family because of his arrogance in thinking that he can escape his divinely ordained fate and because of his neglect to carry out mandatory cleansing rituals for committing murder.

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