 Since he did not write connected trilogies as Aeschylus did, "Oedipus Rex" focuses on the titular character while hinting at the larger myth obliquely, which was already known to the audience in Athens at the time.The trilogy containing "Oedipus Rex" took second prize in the City Dionysia at its original performance.Aeschylus's nephew Philocles took first prize at that competition.