Oedipus Rex Great Performances : Season 21 Episode 15
TV-G PBS 3h 00m
Aired: May 26th, 1993 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
A son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus learns of a prophecy foretelling that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he leaves Corinth believing that Polybus and Merope are his true parents.
