Oedipus (Voltaire play)

Oedipus
Title page of the second edition
Written byVoltaire
Date premiered18 November 1718 (1718-11-18)
Place premieredComédie-Française, Paris
Original languageFrench
SubjectMyth of Oedipus
GenreTragedy
SettingThebes

Oedipus (French: Œdipe) is a tragedy by the French dramatist and philosopher Voltaire that was first performed in 1718. It was his first play and the first literary work for which he used the pen-name Voltaire (his real name was François-Marie Arouet).

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