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Mythology & Folklore influenced Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oedipus Rex)
Added by Media Influence Map · 14 October 2026
The influence
Mythology & Folklore
Real world
The work it shaped
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος Oedipus Rex
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- Greek mythology
The evidence
Sophocles' tragedy stages the myth of Oedipus, who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother, as he uncovers the truth at Thebes.
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