A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...

But he makes incisive alterations to the text, enriching the network of family bonds around Oedipus and fleshing out Jocasta’s backstory in fascinating detail. The piece has a cumulative power ...

Typical of the second are a pair of radio skits, one a version of “Oedipus Rex” that has Oedipus saying plaintively to Jocasta, “Look, sweetheart, you’re my mother,” the other a domestic ...

About a Boy is a modern novel set in London in 1993. It is told from two different points of view, although it is written in the third person. The first point of view is through the eyes of Marcus ...

The age to start seeing a geriatrician has traditionally been set at 65 years, coinciding with the typical age of retirement ...

Seneca's plays, which include Hercules Furens, Phaedra, Medea and Oedipus, were widely read during the Elizabethan era, and had an important influence on the dramatists of the time, including ...

“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo and their fans endured. By Alissa Wilkinson The dark side of college fraternity life ...