The ancient Greeks believed that humans are not in control of their lives but that the gods act according to their own purpose, and this results in...

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is that, the king of Thebes, spends basically the entire play looking for
himself.  The countryside and citizens suffer from several plagues: there is a blight on the
crops, women cannot conceive, and so on.  As a result, Oedipus sends his...