Editing Oedipus Rex (section)

===Parodies===
[[Peter Schickele]] parodies both the story of ''Oedipus Rex'' and the music of [[Oedipus rex (opera)|Stravinsky's opera-oratorio of the same name]] in ''[[Oedipus Tex]]'', a Western-themed [[oratorio]] purportedly written by [[P. D. Q. Bach]]. It was released in 1990 on the album ''[[Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities]]''.

[[Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou]] makes a parody of the tragedy in his comedy ''Medea'' (1993).<ref>Kaggelaris, N. (2016), "Sophocles' Oedipus in Mentis Bostantzoglou's ''Medea''" [in Greek] in Mastrapas, A. N. - Stergioulis, M. M. (eds.) '' Seminar 42: Sophocles the great classic of tragedy '', Athens: Koralli, pp. 74- 81 [https://www.academia.edu/30141685/%CE%9F_%CE%9F%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84_Sophocles_Oedipus_in_Mentis_Bostantzoglous_Medea_.pdf]</ref>

In episode ten of the second season of the Australian satirical comedy show ''[[CNNNN]],'' a short animation in the style of a [[Disney Movies|Disney movie]] trailer, complete with jaunty music provided by [[Andrew Hansen]], parodies ''Oedipus Rex''.<ref>{{Citation|last=The Chaser Archive|title=CNNNN - Season 2 Episode 10|date=2011-10-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjgw2HSFI8&t=3m50s|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref> Apart from being advertised as "fun for the whole family," the parody is also mentioned at other times during that same episode, such as in a satirical advertisement in which orphans are offered a free "''Oedipus Rex'' ashes urn" as a promotional offer after losing a relative.<ref>{{Citation|last=The Chaser Archive|title=CNNNN - Season 2 Episode 10|date=2011-10-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjgw2HSFI8&t=16m32s|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref>
 
[[John Barth |John Barth's]] novel ''[[Giles Goat-Boy]]'' contains a forty-page parody of the full text of ''Oedipus Rex'' called [[Giles Goat-Boy#Plot|''Taliped Decanus'']].

[[Tom Lehrer]] wrote and performed a [[Oedipus Rex (Tom Lehrer song)|comedic song]] based upon ''Oedipus Rex'' in 1959.

[[Bo Burnham]] references Oedipus in songs "Words Words Words" and "Rant", both part of his album, ''[[Words Words Words]]''.