Volume 18, Number 1—January 2012

Another Dimension

The Plague of Thebes, a Historical Epidemic in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex

Antonis A. Kousoulis , Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, Effie Poulakou-Rebelakou, George Androutsos, and Sotirios Tsiodras

Author affiliations: University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece (A.A. Kousoulis, K.P. Economopoulos, E. Poulakou-Rebelakou, G. Androutsos, S. Tsiodras); Society of Junior Doctors, Athens (A.A. Kousoulis, K.P. Economopoulos)

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Figure 2. Scene from a National Theatre of Greece production of Oedipus Rex at the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, Athens, Greece January 1995. Photo courtesy Effie Poulakou-Rebelakou.

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