Oedipus the King

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In Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, Oedipus is told from an oracle that was going to kill

his father and marry his mother. Oedipus left Cornith, his home, to get away from this

omen. In fact Oedipus did kill his biological father and marry his biological mother. After

learning the truth, Oedipus punished himself by stabbing his eyes out and exiling himself

from Thebes. The sentence for the crime of parricide and incest was fair.

"I pray that that man's life be consumed in evil and wretchedness. And as for me,

this curse applies no less," (1.31) Oedipus made this p

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