Sophocles: Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristotle''s Poetics, which cites the play more often than any other as an example of how to write tragedy. The principal character is the king of a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, who consults Apollo at Delphi and is told that the plague will end only when those who killed the pre...