A Riddle of Fate: How Oedipus Rex Unknowingly Married His Mother

Can a king escape his fate? In plague-ridden Thebes, Oedipus vows to find Laius's killer to save his city. But the truth is a curse: he is the murderer and has married his own mother, Jocasta. As Jocasta takes her own life, Oedipus blinds himself, fulfilling the prophecy he tried to escape. Was destiny unavoidable, or could Oedipus have changed his fate?
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