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  • Not Every Riddle (5.4)

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    K. L. Homme
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    But Oedipus could not let it go. Something in the old man’s words… “Send for the servant.” She reached for him again, took his hands, and searched his face. “Let it be. He begged to leave the city.” “The city suffers. I will know.” He turned to his guards. “Bring him to me.” “Not every…

  • The Riddle of the Gate (5.2)

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    K. L. Homme
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    Descending from Mount Parnassus along the Pythian way, Oedipus traveled east toward the sunrise. By midday he had reached the triple meeting of roads. Behind him rose Delphi. Before him two roads diverged. One bent toward Daulia’s quieter fields. The other led to the great city of Thebes.