Who is the main character in Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex?
Antigone
Philoctetes
Electra
Oedipus
Answer
Oedipus Rex is one of Sophocles' most famous plays and features the character Oedipus as the protagonist. The play tells the story of Oedipus, who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, fulfilling a tragic prophecy.
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