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... Jocasta and reigned as king ; how the truth was exposed , Jocasta killed herself , and Oedipus put out his own eyes . Your interest , then , is concentrated upon watching how Sophocles will handle the well - known story . You know at ...
... Jocasta and reigned as king ; how the truth was exposed , Jocasta killed herself , and Oedipus put out his own eyes . Your interest , then , is concentrated upon watching how Sophocles will handle the well - known story . You know at ...
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... Jocasta , saying that Creon has induced Teiresias to accuse him as the slayer . Jocasta tells him that he need trouble nothing about that . The oracle long ago declared that Laius was to be killed by his own son : whereas he was ...
... Jocasta , saying that Creon has induced Teiresias to accuse him as the slayer . Jocasta tells him that he need trouble nothing about that . The oracle long ago declared that Laius was to be killed by his own son : whereas he was ...
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... Jocasta explains that as soon as the man returned , and found Oedipus reigning , he asked leave to return to his work in the distant pastures . Oedipus gives orders that he is to be summoned . This marks , as it were , the first climax ...
... Jocasta explains that as soon as the man returned , and found Oedipus reigning , he asked leave to return to his work in the distant pastures . Oedipus gives orders that he is to be summoned . This marks , as it were , the first climax ...
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