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Oedipus Rex

What a glorious spring day! We have been celebrating the Great
Dionysia festival for the past few days. But today, we have risen early in
anticipation of being the first to view Sophocles’s new tragedy. He is
one of the three great artists who are presenting their tragedies in
the annual competition, to honor Dionysus as part of the ten-day
festival celebration.
The sun has barely risen, when I climb out of bed to get dressed. I
know exactly what I am going to wear. I had purchased a new chiton lined
with bright colors recently and was going to wear that. It was the
latest style in Athens. I quickly got everything together; I knew there
was going to be a large crowd at today’s presentation. I wanted to
make sure we got a good seat in the theater, so we started off on our walk to the theater.
When we arrived at the great theatre of Dionysus there was a huge
crowd. We were not the only citizens who anticipated a great day of......

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