Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
Literature and History
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The Old Men of the Chorus Begged Artemis, Dionysus, and Other Gods to Help Them
Ettipus summoned the old prophet Tiresias and asked him to help them solve the riddle of the plague that had fallen over Thebes. Ettipus said there was only one explanation: Tiresias himself was responsible for the city's miseries. And this accusation finally compelled Tiresias to reveal what he knew.
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