A collection of eight critical essays on the classical tragedy, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

Includes index.

Sophocles' Oedipus / Bernard Knox -- Action and actors / John Jones -- On misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex / E.R. Dobbs -- The innocence of Oedipus / Thomas Gould -- Illusion and truth in Oedipus Tyrannus / Karl Reinhardt -- Ambiguity and reversal / J.P. Vernant -- The music of the sphinx / Charles Segal -- The language of Oedipus / John Gould.