The Story of Oedipus Resources

This version of Oedipus Rex taped for television won a Primetime Emmy. So, yay for it.

This movie stars Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp from The Sound of Music) as Oedipus, Orson Welles as Teiresias, and Donald Sutherland as the leader of the Chorus.

This modern Chicano riff on the Oedipus story is set in an LA barrio.

Oedipus kicks off this modernized marathon of all of Sophocles' extant plays.

This awesome version of the story is performed by veggies. Did we mention it's awesome? Oh, yeah, we did.

This video features delightfully crude animation and a snarky narrator.

You can watch a complete performance of Oedipus the King with the actors wearing masks like they did back in ancient Greece.

Follow the link to listen to the tragedy of tragedies, Oedipus the King, by Sophocles.

Just in case you didn't get enough Greek tragedy with the last link, follow this link to listen to Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus.

You can read all three of Sophocles' Oedipus plays for free here.

You've got to check out our buddy Bulfinch's version of the story along with like every other myth ever.