> way too much gore in the Greek tragedies for my taste At my secondary school, the drama society put on a production of Oedipus Rex [1]. The scene where Oedip

> way too much gore in the Greek tragedies for my taste At my secondary school, the drama society put on a production of Oedipus Rex [1]. The scene where Oedipus blinds himself was so graphic that some of the younger pupils screamed and fled the hall. [1] Which title my Greek teacher was furious about. It's either Οἰδίπους Τύραννος or Oedipus the King, there's no reason to use a Latin name.