Odepius+Rex

Odepius Rex

Odepius Rex is born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta. A prophet says that Odepius will kill his father and marry his mother and sire children by her. The King and Queen order a sheperd to kill Odepius, the sheperd does not and brings him to a neighboring kingdom where the childless king of Corinth raises him as his own. Oedpius hears he is not the biological child of his parents and beseeches them to tell them, when they do not, he goes to the Oracle who predicts he will kill his father and have children by his mother. In order to avoid this fate, he leaves Corinth but ends up meeting Laius who he kills when he sneaks up on them. When he reaches the kingdom of Laius', he solves the riddle of the Sphinx. As a reward, he is offered Jocasta's hand. It becomes known eventually that he is the true son of his mother after they have children. His mother kills herself and Oedipus blinds himself and casts himself out as a beggar as they are exiled. Jocasta- plays a key role in being the mother and refusing to kill Oedipus Oedipus- wishes the best but ends up fulfilling the prediction Oracle- all seeing yet blind himself 429 BC, Greece Blindness- the Oracle is all wise yet blind in reality. Yet Oedipus blinds himself to his own horror reflecting upon humanity's unwillingess to see their own mistakes and atone for them. There is also irony in the fact he fulfills the prediction but it could've been avoided if he simply had been raised by his own parents. That which we fear is what brings us our own demise.
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