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Oedipus Rex

American  

noun

  1. a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.

Oedipus Rex Cultural  

  1. A tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the fall of Oedipus. (See under “Mythology and Folklore.”)

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