Episode Details

He thinks he has it all. A kingdom just falls into his lap with a ready-made queen. But the gods- and the playwright Sophocles- are just waiting to undo him...

Sources for this episode:

• Boothe, B. (2017), Oedipus Complex. Chapter in: Ziegler-Hill, V. and Shackleford, T. K. (editors), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume I). London: William Heinemann.
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• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Oedipus Rex (online) (Accessed 24/03/2024).