Attention Theater Lovers!
Join Matt Nelson - second year medical student - for
a fun, low pressure, lunch time table read of these
Classical Greek Tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles!
We'll provide a shared text version of the play,
a fun environment to help develop your acting chops
and to learn why these works of art have moved audiences for millenia!
Contact Matt for details: mane@umich.edu
Oedipus Rex
September 21, 2025
A few Oedipus resources to help you think about the play...
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Oedipus Rex: Text of the play
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Wikipedia. The theatre of ancient Greece
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Greek History Hub. The Structure of Oedipus Rex: A masterclass in tragic storytelling.
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Richard Cocks. Oedipus Rex in Rene Girard's Violence and the Sacred. Voegelin Review, 2020
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Louise Cowan. The Tragic Abyss. Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture, 2003
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Book Review. The Oedipus Casebook: Reading Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Voegelin Review, 2021
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Sacred & Profane Love Podcast. Oedipus Rex with Jennifer Frey and Kevin Kambo
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Thom DeLapa. Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of all drama?. The Collector
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Avi Kapach. Theban Hero: Oedipus. Mythopedia, 2023
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Sara Delman. Seeing Oedipus Rex: Using the Chorus to understand the Tragedy. Yale National Initiative. 2013
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Court Theater Production & Resources. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. University of Chicago, 2019
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EIL Editor. Sophocles Biography. Excellence in Literature, February 10, 2024