# Oedipus Rex

by [Sophocles](https://localbooks.app/authors/sophocles)

- Genres: [Testi teatrali e sceneggiature](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/plays-and-screenplays)
- Set in: [Thívai, Grecia Centrale, Grecia](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/central-greece/thivai)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

Thebes is dying of plague, and its king Oedipus vows to find the killer of the old king whose unpunished murder caused it. Each witness he summons brings him a step closer to an answer about his own birth that he would rather not know.

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