... consider that the prophecy is not self fulfilling or conditional, or in other words some claim that even though it might be accepted that they existed for purposes of mythology, they do not cause the issues that happen, humans do.  In his essay "On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex", E.R. Dodds draws ... instead of investigating himself. One can therefore say that there was not much difference in character between the two while even with the desire for the truth being understood Oedipus could have handled the investigation better. It namely, already seems as if there was nothing else t...

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