Oedipus | |
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Title page of the second edition | |
Written by | Voltaire |
Date premiered | 18 November 1718 |
Place premiered | Comédie-Française, Paris |
Original language | French |
Subject | Myth of Oedipus |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | Thebes |
Oedipus (French: Œdipe) is a tragedy by the French dramatist and philosopher Voltaire that was first performed in 1718.[1] 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).