... prove myself a liar, not to my people, no, I"m going to kill her! That's right - so let her cry for mercy, sing her hymns to Zeus who defends all bonds of kindred blood" (732 -737). Creon was humbled after he realized his tragic error in judgment and after he lost his son and his wife to suicide. After Creon learned of the ... ...

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... married the queen (Laius" wife) which happened to be his own mother. So according to the Greeks he has broken a few of the most important Greek morals because he shed kindred blood and he obviously did not know himself. Knowing thyself is a major element in having wisdom. The faults of Oedipus were very serious, but if he would have been wise ... ...

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