 Each of the major characters in the Greek story are identified with the people involved in Akhnaton's family and court, and some interesting parallels are drawn.In the late 1960s Ola Rotimi published a novel and play, "The Gods Are Not To Blame", which retell the Oedipus myth happening in the Yoruba kingdom.In 2011, U.S. writer David Guterson published his Oedipus-inspired novel "Ed King".