<Li> 1865--Edward H. Plumptre, verse (Harvard Classics Vol . VIII, Part 6 . New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909--14); full text </Li> <Li> 1888--Sir George Young, verse (Dover, 2006; ISBN 978 - 0 - 486 - 45049 - 0) </Li> <Li> 1899--G.H. Palmer, verse (Boston: Houghton and Mifflin, 1899) </Li> <Li> 1904--Richard C. Jebb, prose: full text </Li>

Why does the play open with a mention of the tragedy of oedipus