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No, Oedipus does not kill four men in the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the play begins with Theban King Oedipus discussing the pestilence with the priest of Zeus. About midway through the play, the audience learns of the murders that Oedipus commits on the way to Thebes and for which he never undergoes the mandatory cleansing rituals. The killings are of five men out of a six-member party.

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