whose misfortune, however, is brought upon him not by vice and/or depravity, but by some error of

In Sophocles' Oedipus The King, Oedipus, the main character who kills his father and marries

his mother, undoubtedly qualifies as a tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, a tragic hero

must be "highly renowned and prosperous." Oedipus was the King of Thebes and

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