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65-Oedipus: Motherboy

Myths and Legends

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The Curse of the House of Atreus

The prophecy they had tried to avoid, even scoffed at, had come true. Edipus burst in his room to see Jacasta, his wife and his biological mother, dead. He grabbed her broach pin and put out his own eyes. His sons he knew would be fine, but his young daughters were orphans now. In Greek mythology, curses lasted generations.

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