&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Oscar-Pierre_Mathieu_Oedipe.jpg) Oedipus with the bodies of Jocasta and his sons, painting by Oscar-Pierre Mathieu (1871, private collection) | |
| Author | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
|---|---|
| Language | Latin |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Set in | Thebes |
Publication date | 1st century |
| Publication place | Rome |
| Text | Oedipus at Wikisource |
Oedipus is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragic play with Greek subject) of c. 1061 lines of verse that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, which is better known through the play Oedipus Rex by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. It is written in Latin.