On Apollos Temple at Delphi these two sayings are inscribed: Know Thyself and Moderation in All Things. How does the play deal with...

"Know
thyself" is interesting, because, simply, ifreally had known himself, he likely would have
become a successful king and never suffered the tragic events of the play.

Among other things, is a play about identity.  Oedipus takes on
the identity of king of Thebes without knowing the truth of his past.  The
trouble really started in the kingdom of Corinth, when Oedipus, as a young man rather than
a...