In Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus is looking for the king's murderer. Ironically it turns out that Oedipus had unintentionally and unknowingly killed the king on his way to the kingdom some years beforehand. The most significant lines in the story come from Oedipus in his speech to the people of the city cursing the person or persons who killed the king and threatened those who knowingly hid him.
"Now my curse on the murderer. Whoever he is, a lone man unknown in his crime or one
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