Oedipus the King
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- Give this child to me! He is doomed, and needs to be taken away.
- Servant, take him Mount Kithairon!
- But sir, I can't do that...
- disobeying the king, the servant gave the child to a shepherd.
- The shepherd then give him to a royal family.
- Growing up, Oedipus was always made fun of for his origins. It was said that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
- Therefore, Oedipus went to Delphic Oracle to find the truth about him and his parents.
- At this time, both parties got into a physical fight, when the old man struck Oedipus on the head. This ended up in a tragic when Oedipus murdered the old nobleman.
- I am a nobleman! Get out of my way!
- The City of Thebes
- In order to enter the city, you must solve a riddle correctly
- After solving the riddle correctly and saving the city from the Plague, Oedipus was announced as the King of the Thebes by the people. He married the widowed queen named Jocasta and lived happily.
- At the end, Tiresias reveals a shocking truth about Oedipus and his origins. He tells him that he married his mother Jocasta who is his wife and mother now. His children are his siblings and children, and he is the killer of King Laius who was his father.
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