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How do you reference 'Oedipus Rex'?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Through linking the play with its author Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) the play "Oedipus Rex" may be referenced most easily.

Specifically, English language speakers are familiar with the play through one, two or all of its titles. The original title from the ancient Greece is written as "Oedipus Tyrannus." The Latin translation, though not exact, is "Oedipus Rex." The English title is a literal translation of the Latin: "Oedipus the King."

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