was a good book. I think it was smart of Sophocles to pick out the most

significant, life altering phase in Oedipus' life to bring to the stage. I also really

respect how Sophocles took the myth of Oedipus and put all of the details of the

story into it. I think it's somewhat amazing how he took something that

supposedly happened and gave the people exact dialogue and specific feelings. I

realize that Oedipus the King is only a myth and that all Sophocles needed was a

creative mind, but I still respect him.

Being as Oedipus the King's storyline was already laid out, I can't blame

Sophocles for some of the events I didn't agree with or ridiculed. First of all, I

know I shouldn't laugh at this myth because the ancient Greeks actually believed

it, but I did. The Sphinx was a monster with the head and breasts of a woman, the

body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. I just think it's absurd that someone would

actually make up a story with something like the Sphinx in it. It sounds like

something out of a science fiction story, and I just don't like science fiction. Next,

why did Oedipus gouge his eyes out? I understand why

his servants who tried to run him off the road. He killed them in self-defense,

would've married his mother and father her other children.

abandoning Oedipus early in his life, to avoid the inevitable. Secondly, and more

Oedipus continued his journey and came to Thebes, where he defeated the

relevant to the play, is a) Jocasta killing herself and b) Oedipus spearing his pupils.

about the gods and how Apollo and Zeus should save them. They chanted on

about how they would never go to Delphi or another temple if Oedipus' story

Yet, it still fascinates readers today. He ponders why.

parents were Polybus and Merope, the king and queen of Corinth, until some guy

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