Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, translated by
Paul Roche reviewed by Joie There once was a man named Oedipus
Rex. You may have heard about his odd complex. His name appeared
in Freud's index. 'Cause he loved his mother. ~Tom Lehrer
"Oedipus Rex" So is the fate-doomed man's life a tragedy. A man
went from everything, kingship, a loving wife, a beautiful city,
to shame, disgust, and divine punishment. Oedipus Rex (it rhymes
with platypus) was doomed from the day of his birth to a fate
locked with suicide, murder, incest, and death. The gods string
him along through explosive denial and realization of the scale
of horror his acts included. Written by Sophocles in ancient
Greece and still enjoyed and wept over today in every language,
the tragedy of the House of Oedipus is a timeless classic. (It
helped that Freud named a certain psychological problem the
"Oedipal complex") Oedipus the King begins with a short overview
of Oedipus' life until the current play. Oedipus is born with a
frightening p