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Oedipus the King Inspiration for today’s theatrical performances can be traced back to the Fifth Century B.C., in which rituals were modified, and eventually turned into a form of art and entertainment. One of the three known playwrights from this era, Sophocles, wrote the tragedy, Oedipus the King, in which the protagonist, Oedipus, inadvertently murders his father, the king of Thebes. Then Oedipus travels to Thebes, where he saves the city from the grip of a sphinx by solving a riddle. He is then appointed the position of king, marrying Jocasta