Poetics

by

Aristotle

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Oedipus Rex

Sophocles’s tragedy Oedipus Rex, which Aristotle mentions throughout Poetics, symbolizes the superiority of tragedy over other forms of poetry. As the story goes, Oedipus unknowingly murders his father and marries his…

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