Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Oἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípoːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.[1] Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus (Oἰδίπους), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics...