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Tag: The Sphinx

  • The Man You Seek (5.3)

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    K. L. Homme
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    After entering Thebes, Oedipus learned that the people mourned the loss of their king, and feared who would fill his throne: Laius had left no heir. Then the Sphinx arrived with her riddle, demanding an answer. She killed those who could not provide one, piling at her feet the bones of the bold.

  • 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.