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Jocasta prays to Apollo to restore Oedipus's sanity, since he has been acting strange since hearing the manner in which Laius's died. A messenger tells her that King Polybos (the man Oedipus believes to be his father) has died and that the people of Isthmus want Oedipus to rule over them. Oedipus hopes this news means that the oracle is false (he hasn't killed his father since Polybos has died of old age), but he still fears that he is destined to marry his mother. The messenger tells him that Polybos was not his father and that he, a shepherd, had been handed the child Oedipus by...
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