Sophocles' Oedipus: Electra and Antigone Antique Rare Pocket Book 1897 best

Product Name: Sophocles' Oedipus: Electra and Antigone Antique Rare Pocket Book 1897 best
Sophocles' Oedipus: Electra and Antigone Antique Rare Pocket Book 1897 Cover and book have some wear from age and use. Overall good condition. Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus  or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus (Οἰδίπους), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from Oedipus at Colonus, a later play by Sophocles. In antiquity, the term best "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation.