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Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) is the author of the play "Oedipus Rex."

Specifically, the original title of the play is "Oedipus Tyrannus." The play is better known under its Latin title, "Oedipus Rex." The Latin title is translated directly and literally into English as "Oedipus the King."

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