Who wrote the tragedy 'Oedipus Rex' (Oedipus the King)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Sophocles
- Step 1: Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. Answer: Sophocles. Why not the others: Aeschylus and Euripides wrote other tragedies, and Aristophanes wrote comedies.
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