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Add. 15268, f.75v Oedipus, found by Polybus, King of Corinth, illustration from 'Le Livre des...

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Add. 15268, f.75v Oedipus, found by Polybus, King of Corinth, illustration from 'Le Livre des ansienes estoires', c.1285 (vellum)
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c. 1285 AD (C13th AD)
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Oedipus the King (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known by its Latin title Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed about 429 BC. It was the second in order of Sophocles's composition of his three Theban Plays dealing with Oedipus.

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