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1164:La Thébaïde
1143:Oedipus Rex
1108:The Bacchae
1094:(Sophocles)
869:Philoctetes
834:Cresphontes
827:Bellerophon
361:resolutions
240:' daughter
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1809:Lost plays
1798:Categories
1464:(Voltaire)
1341:Astymedusa
1337:(2nd wife)
1335:Euryganeia
1044:Thersander
681:Andromache
674:Hippolytus
530:2012-05-21
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426:References
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64:Characters
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1694:Oedipodea
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1358:Antiquity
1323:Polynices
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589:The Frogs
419:The Frogs
365:scholiast
246:Polynices
205:Sophocles
197:Euripides
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48:, by 1883
1675:Antigone
1619:Antigone
1585:Edipo re
1573:(Enescu)
1547:Antigona
1539:Antigona
1509:Antigone
1501:Antigone
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1407:Antigone
1381:Antigone
1317:Eteocles
1311:Antigone
1115:Herakles
1100:Antigone
1092:Antigone
1060:Autesion
1049:Peneleos
1039:Laodamas
1033:Lycus II
1022:Eteocles
975:Labdacus
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862:Phaethon
855:Peliades
813:Antigone
782:Lost and
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188:Ἀντιγόνη
135:Antigone
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1782:The End
1742:Related
1701:Thebaid
1659:Voyager
1592:Oedipus
1461:Oedipus
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1433:Oedipus
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1261:Oedipus
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965:Nycteus
848:Oedipus
758:Bacchae
751:Orestes
702:Electra
646:Cyclops
521:Hyginus
379:Antiope
375:Antiope
370:Antiope
238:Oedipus
207:' play
122:Setting
116:Tragedy
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1670:(1996)
1662:(1991)
1654:(1982)
1646:(1969)
1638:(1968)
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1531:Operas
1329:Ismene
1293:Merope
1181:Thebes
950:Cadmus
945:Ogyges
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688:Hecuba
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250:Thebes
182:-ə-nee
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96:Athens
79:Others
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1603:Films
1578:Greek
1570:Œdipe
1476:Greek
1305:Creon
1281:Laius
1122:Iliad
1027:Creon
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933:Kings
737:Helen
660:Medea
561:74–76
328:fable
283:Maeon
254:Creon
193:Attic
112:Genre
76:Creon
1020:and
565:ISBN
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