WorkSophocles
Oedipus Rex Inferred
Sophocles (c. 496–406 BCE)
InferredFuller names the dramatic figure “Œdipus” beside Macbeth and Wallenstein, not a play; the identification with Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex rests on the character’s name.
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“jEdipus, Macbeth, Wallenstein, chain us for the hour, lead us through the age.”
Fuller, Margaret. Art, Literature, and the Drama. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. New York: The Tribune Association, 1869. · p111
Inferred Fuller names the dramatic figure “Œdipus” beside Macbeth and Wallenstein, not a play; the identification with Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex rests on the character’s name.