‘Oedipus the King’: Timeline of Events

‘Oedipus The King’ by Sophocles is a phenomenal text about the tension between free will and fate that is studied around the world, but it can be a lot to wrap your head around. The majority of the play is spent focusing on uncovering past events, which can make the timeline of events somewhat confusing. To make studying this text easier, we have broken down the ‘true’ timeline of events and the ‘plots’ timeline of events.