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| so might it be noteworthy that oedipus, when confronted by the riddle of the sphinx, had fulfilled exactly half of his prophesied destiny : what if the actual [meta] answer to the dilemma was to know the answer to the riddle but not to speak it, hence leaving the riddling sphinx in place and seeking another path : killing one's father is fairly commonplace in the course of abdication narrative, a son will routinely usurp his father, but marrying his mother is peculiarly revolting : if the choice of oedipus is the [theta] fulcrum between past and future : so the antecedent half of his destiny which was unavoidable [before the sphinx] was no big deal unless it was accompanied by the repulsive consequent [after the sphinx] : furthermore, in vanquishing the sphinx what essence is he clearing from the metaphorical path : the sphinx is apparently frightening, beautiful, and wise, a marriage of strength and wisdom, so perhaps oedipus was unwise in ridding his path of fear, beauty and wisdom : the city of thebes thought itself unfortunate for being held in protection by the sphinx, but indeed the post-sphinx plague that resulted from the choice of oedipus was much worse and so the sphinx as protector is vindicated : the wisdom is the riddle itself, not the answer to the riddle which was better left unsaid : |
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