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Attic cup: Oedipus and the Sphinx
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Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, drawing by Alfred Brennan, 1881. Jean Mounet-Sully as Oedipus
Listen to the chorus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King decrying human disregard of the gods
Watch self-blinded Oedipus confer with chorus leader about fulfillment of Apollo's prophecy in Oedipus Rex
Hear Oedipus question a shepherd who affirms the prophecy is fulfilled in Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex
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Attic cup: Oedipus and the Sphinx
Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, drawing by Alfred Brennan, 1881.
Jean Mounet-Sully as Oedipus
Watch the exchange between self-blinded Oedipus and Creon in Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex
Listen to the chorus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King decrying human disregard of the gods
Watch self-blinded Oedipus confer with chorus leader about fulfillment of Apollo's prophecy in Oedipus Rex
Hear Oedipus question a shepherd who affirms the prophecy is fulfilled in Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex
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