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Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)

Literature and History

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The End of the Sphinx's Objection

"I met a sphinx who asked me a riddle, said, what walks off for me?" "Better kiss the king, and it was, better call the blade," he says. "Even since you beat that monster who crossed you, we'd like you to meet our queen." The song is by rapper/producer Mitter from New York's underground hip-hop scene NWA.

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