Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
Literature and History
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The Sphinx and the Theban Plays
Sophocles' Ettipus the King is likely ancient Greece's most famous tragedy. The riddle of the Sphinx hangs over all three of the Theban plays. This truism is that while men and women and even civilizations may reach high summits, their roots lie in humble beginnings.
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