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identity. And, since these two opinions cannot be reconciled, a third may appear — against all sense — blaming the gods, or Fate, or
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his decrees are consistent with the will of the gods and with the best interests of the people, whether true or not. When a legitimate argument is raised against his course of action by
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to tell him what is plaguing the city and
Tiresias tells him that he is the problem, Oedipus accuses Creon of conspiring against him. Creon argues that he does not want to rule and would, therefore, have no incentive to overthrow Oedipus. However, when the truth is revealed about Jocasta, and Oedipus
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The most serious trial that Thebes had to confront under the first rule of Creon was, however, the calamity of the Sphinx, which appeared laying waste the Theban fields, and declaring that it would not depart unless someone correctly interpreted a certain riddle which she presented. In order to face
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came to Thebes. When word came of Laius's death, Creon offered the throne of Thebes as well as the hand of his sister (and Laius's widow) Jocasta, to anyone who could free the city from the Sphinx. Oedipus answered the Sphinx's riddle and married
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whom he had murdered for a trifle on a road not knowing who the man was, and Creon's sister Jocasta as wife, unaware that this woman was his own mother. These are the bizarre gifts with which Creon rewarded Oedipus for having destroyed the Sphinx.
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in the 4th or 5th century BC. Antimachus' work has been lost, but in any case, the classic myths often had more than one variation, and playwrights and poets had some freedom to choose or even innovate for dramatic effect.
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that was fated never to be caught. To this fox (known sometimes as the Cadmean Fox) the Thebans each month exposed one child in an attempt to prevent the beast from carrying off many others.
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4066:The Complete Greek Drama
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178:. Creon and his sister,
4820:Funeral Parade of Roses
668:The Children of Jocasta
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4228:(regent for Tisamenus)
289:the dog that his wife
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4660:The Gospel at Colonus
4394:Portal:Ancient Greece
4382:Category:Theban kings
4148:(regent for Labdacus)
598:The Two Noble Kinsmen
554:Other representations
235:and her half-brother
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4991:Mythological Thebans
4694:The Burial at Thebes
4646:The Infernal Machine
4598:The Phoenician Women
4546:Seven Against Thebes
4363:Necklace of Harmonia
4334:Seven Against Thebes
4327:The Phoenician Women
3851:J. Paul Getty Museum
653:The Burial at Thebes
478:Seven against Thebes
154:(sometimes known as
65:J. Paul Getty Museum
45:Seven against Thebes
30:For other uses, see
4460:(biological father)
658:Bush administration
589:William Shakespeare
4942:Hamlet and Oedipus
4633:(Dryden & Lee)
4572:Oedipus at Colonus
4502:(half brother/son)
4496:(half brother/son)
4464:Polybus of Corinth
4446:Titles and lineage
4313:Oedipus at Colonus
4168:Amphion and Zethus
4159:(regent for Laius)
4025:. 21 January 2007.
4023:The New York Times
4006:Oedipus at Colonus
3822:Hercules Unchained
3814:In popular culture
543:Oedipus at Colonus
409:Oedipus at Colonus
321:, the king of the
293:had received from
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641:Welcome to Thebes
584:The Knight's Tale
382:End of first rule
309:Creon's daughters
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4670:Other (Antigone)
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527:Oedipus Rex
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186:and of the
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4975:Categories
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4518:Astymedusa
4514:(2nd wife)
4512:Euryganeia
4221:Thersander
4033:References
3990:Stable URL
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2368:Amphitryon
628:Antimachus
369:The Sphinx
355:Automedusa
229:Amphitryon
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3203:Demonassa
2955:Lycomedes
2846:Polynices
2101:Hipponome
1746:Menoeceus
1274:Polydorus
560:Euripides
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420:Sophocles
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253:Pterelaus
245:Electryon
237:Licymnius
210:Mythology
196:Electryon
172:Lycomedes
168:Menoeceus
114:romanized
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4152:Labdacus
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4117:Calydnus
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3955:Antigone
3854:92.AE.86
3831:Hercules
3485:Autesion
3321:Opheltes
3195:Laodamas
3182:(Regent)
3179:Peneleos
3000:Lycus II
2828:Eteocles
2816:Antigone
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2789:Henioche
2535:Iphicles
2528:Heracles
2377:Perimede
1906:(Regent)
1893:Eurydice
1620:Labdacus
1602:Pentheus
1582:Dionysus
930:(Regent)
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760:Lycus II
756:Laodamas
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601:. As in
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498:choragos
489:Antigone
485:Laodamas
470:Eteocles
466:Antigone
459:Antigone
451:Tiresias
415:Antigone
351:Iphicles
327:Perieres
315:Heracles
287:Cephalus
249:Perimede
204:Heracles
164:Megareus
156:Henioche
152:Eurydice
63:340 BC,
4959:The End
4919:Related
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4836:Voyager
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4142:Nycteus
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3610:Ptolemy
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614:Statius
607:Theseus
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180:Jocasta
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3626:Theras
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1942:Merope
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442:Delphi
412:, and
363:Pelops
347:Iolaus
341:, and
257:Taphos
200:Megara
184:Cadmus
176:Haimon
160:Pyrrha
146:Family
136:Thebes
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4653:Greek
4482:Creon
4458:Laius
4299:Iliad
4204:Creon
4189:Creon
4179:Creon
4173:Laius
4163:Laius
4110:Kings
3899:2.4.7
3883:2.4.6
3838:Notes
2836:Argea
2542:Anaxo
1934:Laius
1903:Creon
1257:Agave
927:Lycus
917:Dirce
752:Creon
571:Medea
533:. In
506:Lycus
438:Laius
295:Minos
239:from
221:Laius
120:Kreōn
109:Κρέων
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4197:and
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