Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
Literature and History
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The Three Theban Plays: Ettipus and Creon
The city of Thebes at the beginning of the three Theban plays was ruled by a king called Ettipus. He is fantastically intelligent and as a king he is fair and equitable, writes Frida Ghitis. "Ettipus trusts above all things in his ability to decide his own fate," she says.
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