The dramatic journey towards self-discovery of King Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, who, desperately seeking the truth about his origins, learns that he has unknowingly committed patricide and incest.

Perhaps the most perfect work of Sophocles, with its exemplary structure and excellent use of the mythological material from the Theban cycle.

The tragedy that, with its strong elements of "detective" and "psychological thriller," has been a source of inspiration and reflection for philosophers, theater artists, and psychoanalysts over the past centuries.

Kappa Publications offers the reading and theater-loving public the greatest tragedy of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, in a new translation by Giannis Lignadis.

The volume is enriched with texts written specifically for this edition by Kaiti Diamantakou, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the University of Athens, and Adele C. Scafuro, Professor at Brown University.