... feelings - and knows quite well that Oedipus is unaware of the sins he has committed. Oedipus, later on, says to Teiresias, "Oedipus, the simple man, who knows nothing " - in line 383. What Oedipus means to say is that he knows it all because he destroyed the sphinx and rules the city. It is ... ironic because he intentionally says the opposite of what he means, but is actually saying the truth. Teiresias responds to Oedipus with, "But I say that you, ... with both your eyes, are blind - in line 399. He does not mean that Oedipus is physically ... leads to physical blindness, but also...

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