\'O LightMay I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood \' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind\'s struggle against fate.
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King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. \'O LightMay I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood \' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind\'s struggle against fate