... so powerful and prosperous that he does not need the advice of the gods. Even when Teiresias tells Oedipus, "A deadly footed, double striking curse from father and mother both, shall drive [him] forth out of this land (lines 416-418)," Oedipus refuses to believe it, even though this prophecy shares some likeness to the one that he ran ... away from years ago. This refusal to believe the prophecy is Oedipus" direct denial of his own fate. Denying his fate is like denying his true identity, because he was meant ... (line 31), and "this land of ours calls you its savior since you saved i...

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