Oedipus is the Anglicised name for Οἰδίπους (pron: "Oidípous", meaning "swollen foot") the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

1 The myth and the plays
2 Among the plays of consequence in South Africa are:
3 Sources
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5 Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
6 Oedipus by Seneca
- 6.1 Adaptations
  - 6.1.1 Oedipus by Ted Hughes
  - 6.1.2 Oedipus by Hugo Claus
7 Greek by Stephen Berkoff
8 Oidipoes by Ben de Haeck
9 Sources
10 Return to

The myth and the plays

A tragic hero in Greek mythology, on whose tragic life a number of plays have been based, the best known perhaps Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (429 BC), and the follow up play Oedipus at Colonus. (According to surviving records, Aeschylus won first prize at the City Dionysia with a trilogy about the House of Laius in 467 BC. One part of the trilogy was a play about Oedipus. However, we know only know about it by reputation, as no text is extant. Euripides also wrote an Oedipus, but here only a few fragments survive.)

Both the myth and the Sophocles plays about the myth have served as the basis for many adaptations and experiments over the years, both local and international. Also in South Africa (See also Classical Theatre in South Africa)

The name Oedipus and aspects of the history have also been immortalized in a way by Freud's concept of the "Oedipus complex"[1].

Among the plays of consequence in South Africa are:

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Oedipus by Seneca

Oedipus by Ted Hughes

Oedipus by Hugo Claus

Greek by Stephen Berkoff

Oidipoes by Ben de Haeck

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans

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Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Oedipus by Seneca

Oedipus (Oidipus) is a tragic play that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, as told in Oedipus the King by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. It is written in Latin and was not intended to be performed, but rather recited at private gatherings.

However, it has been the source of a number of adaptations itself.