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It is Apollo that Oedipus blames for all of his problems in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus commits murderous acts and immoral behavior that trip him up. Oedipus does the misdeeds without knowing the true identities of himself, his victim or his wife. He insists that the gods are to blame for meddling in human lives and that Apollo the sun god particularly is to blame as the god of prophecy. Oedipus maintains that he has no motive other than an understandable effort to do what he can to escape a horrible fate that nevertheless catches him up.
Killing his father and marrying his mother is Oedipus' fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus hears his fate from the Delphic oracle. The oracle is respected throughout ancient Greece for her insights into divine will and fate. She says that Oedipus is fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
No, Oedipus is not an innocent victim of an unjust fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban King Oedipus hears that he is fated to be his father's killer and his mother's husband. The fate is unjust. But Oedipus makes panic stricken choices that make possible the very fate that he so seeks to avoid.
That he will kill his father and marry his mother is Oedipus' fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus' fate is revealed two times. The first time is to his parents, Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta, who hear that he will kill his father. The second time is to Oedipus, who learns his fate is to kill his father and marry his mother.