Oedipus Tyrannus Author:Sophocles, Luci Berkowitz, Theodore Brunner This new translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet retains fidelity to Sophocles' original. The text is accompanied by background materials and essays, including Homer's Odyssey, Thucydides' account of the plague and Euripides' Phoenissae.