65-Oedipus: Motherboy
Myths and Legends
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Oedipus: A Murderer
Oedipus was traveling north of a mountains when, up ahead, the peak before the path sloped downward toward the city of Thebes, he saw it. It had the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and, for a tale, a poisonous snake. Strangest of all, it had the head of a woman. Though he tried to put it out of his mind, he was a murderer. Oedipus pushed his horses hard and himself harder. He went until it was dark, slept in the cold dirt beside his horse, and then left it for a slight. He did that for days until he was far away from the spot where he
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