in one of the most prestigious kingdoms of Greece a boy was born the son of the king with his young and beautiful queen however the birth of the heir to the Royal house was not something auspicious at all in his visit to Apollo's Temple the King was told a prophecy in which the birth of his son would be the cause of his death and the ruin of his entire family King convinced that something had to be done persuaded the queen that for the good of all the child's life would have to meet its end the baby is delivered to a servant of the king who would have to take the infant to mount sitheron the boy had his feet pierced and a rope passed through them the boy had to be hung on a tree by his feet allowing the beasts to do whatever they wanted with him however the servant could not leave the poor child in that place and handed him to an unknown Shepherd who is passing by with his cattle the shepherd untied the child's feet and treated his wounds he baptized the baby as Oedipus which meant the one with swollen feet the Shepherd in turn was extremely poor and since he did not have conditions to raise the child decided he took him to the king of Corinth polybus and his wife had no children and therefore decided to adopt Oedipus as their own son Oedipus grew and he was beautiful strong and deeply astute and he lived happily as the Crown Prince of Corinth however during a celebration one of the noblemen insulted Oedipus saying that he was not worthy to be the heir to the throne of Corinth since he was a foreigner Oedipus questioned King polybus wanting to know the truth but the latter told him not to mine the words of a drunk Oedipus unhappy with the king's response decided to find the truth in the Oracle of Delphi despite the insistence the Oracle refused to answer his questions but prophesized a terrible future for the young boy you shall kill your own father marry your mother and leave a shameful descent Oedipus was dismayed by such a dreadful prophecy and decided to leave Corinth to avoid killing his beloved father and taking his mother as a wife the young man disheartened wandered through the roads of Greece until at a Crossroads he met a gentleman in a wagon accompanied by his servants the road was narrow and one of the servants threw Oedipus off the road to allow the passage of his Lord's cart the Young Prince outraged hit the servant with his Cane the Lord and his servants grabbed their weapons and advanced against Oedipus Oedipus was surrounded by aggressors but his strength agility and youth allowed the youngster to defeat all his opponents the Lord and his servants were dead only one of the servants managed to escape Oedipus Victorious felt a strong sense of power after winning a battle against several opponents the prince of Corinth continued to wander through Greece when he was faced with the news that a terrible monster was terrorizing the region of the kingdom of Thebes Oedipus feeling empowered after his recent Victory went to Thebes to confront the Fearsome Sphinx and add his name to the pantheon of Heroes [Music] Oedipus Prince of Corinth had abandoned his kingdom after hearing from the Oracle of Delphi the prophecy in which he would be responsible for the death of his father while also marrying his mother in the name of the love for his parents he left Corinth and began to wander aimlessly through Greece in his wanderings Oedipus heard rumors that a monster was devastating the city of Thieves the creature was known by the name of sphinx it was a winged monster a mixture of a woman with a lion the vile creature stood on a rock near the city entrance and all those who approached her heard the following sentence uttered by the Sphinx [Music] life for me for me or I'll devour you immediately after that the creature presented a riddle to those who dared to approach her all those who tried to decipher the Enigma failed and were devoured Creon provisionally reigned over Thebes which was mourning the death of King Elias after losing his firstborn to the Sphinx Creon decreed that he would Grant the hand of his sister Jocasta in marriage queen and the Widow of Elias to the one capable of defeating the Sphinx and this hero would become King of Thieves Oedipus decided to accept this challenge because he did not fear death and if he ended up dying at least he would know that his parents would be safe from his terrible prophecy Oedipus met the Sphinx and heard the well-known sentence decipher me or I'll devour you in the morning I have four legs at noon too and when the Twilight comes I have three among all creatures it is the only that can change its number of legs but the greater the number the lower its speed and strength Oedipus stared at the Sphinx which was already licking her lips waiting for yet another meal and so the boy uttered his reply the answer is the human being at the dawn of his life he crawls on his arms and legs in the middle of his life he walks on his two legs at the end of his life he has to rely on a cane the enigma's resolution covered the Sphinx with an unbearable shame and she ended up throwing herself from the top of a cliff the Sphinx was dead and Thebes was safe again Creon as promised gave the hand of his sister jocosta to the hero and he married her Oedipus was now the King of Thieves his wife despite having a certain age was still very beautiful and fertile and with her Oedipus had several children and they lived very happily but black clouds began to cover the city of Thieves a premonition that something terrible was about to happen after defeating the terrible Sphinx Oedipus as a reward received the hand of the queen jacosta of Thieves in marriage and became King of Thieves he had four children with the queen the boys edacles and polynices and the girls Antigone and izamine many years passed and Oedipus despite having some flaws was seen as a righteous and benevolent King however a plague was ravaging the city of Thebes and many lives were cut short by the disease desperate the population reached for their King who had already saved the city in the past and begged Oedipus to save it again King Oedipus did not Dodge his responsibility with the city and ordered Creon his friend and brother-in-law to go to the Oracle of Delphi and find out the source of such misfortune Creon returns from the Oracle with the answers for such calamity I will reveal what I was told by Apollo through the Glorious Oracle of Delphi he expressly ordered that we must purify the land of the Sacred City of Thieves which is tarnished thanks to a vile Criminal the Oracle revealed that the plague would persist until the one responsible for the death of Elias the former king of Thebes was expelled from the Glorious city of Thieves which he used as a Haven the only thing known was that King leias had been murdered by a gang of Thieves at a Crossroads but their identities remained unknown Oedipus assumed the responsibility to uncover the identity of such vile element who lurked within the walls of Thebes and said anyone who knows the real identity of the murderer is obliged to report what they know to me do not fear any kind of retaliation regardless of who the perpetrator is since you will be duly rewarded I want the murderer to know that if he decides to willingly surrender himself his physical Integrity will be preserved and he will not suffer any sentence except the Exile required by the oracle and I want everyone to know that I will not rest until the man responsible for Elias's death is found and expelled from this city even if he is part of my court or family and I pray that the gods punish such an individual inflicting him with full-fledged pain and suffering Creon suggested the presence of teresius the old blind man was a notorious Clairvoyant and with the help of his powers the criminal could be found the old touristius appeared before Oedipus who told him wise Elder your reputation as a clairvoyant gives you enough credit to help us discover the identity of the actual murderer of my predecessor therefore I command you to reveal everything you know terrible is the knowledge that only brings misery to those who know it let me go my king and bear your own burden and let me bear mine it would be better for both of us if you have knowledge of the Killer's identity reveal it now do not allow the city of Thebes to continue to suffer due to your omission you don't know what you are asking for such knowledge will only cast misery and my mouth knows nothing how dare you betray the soil that welcomed you this traitor can only be complicit in such a crime touristius was deeply offended by this accusation and decided to reveal what he knew you who insisted on going after your own demise may you learn that the wicked who profanes our city is you King of Thieves take this man out of my sight he is an old demented man you wanted the truth and forced me to say it now force yourself to endure the punishments do and welcome the fruits of the curse that you have summoned because I know the powerful truth and what is said is said take this traitor away he can only be in collusion with Prince Creon who brought this man here to steal my crown Oedipus accused Creon of treason and conspiracy alongside touristius an attempt to strip him of his power why do you impose such burdensome accusations on me in such a careless way I have always been your friend and made you King I don't wish to have your crown and why would I want to anyway standing by your side I have all the benefits of royalty without having to assume the heavy burdens of being a king I never had the ambition to take your crown for myself Queen jacosta who was watching everything tried to calm the tempers of her husband and brother however Creon walked away furious with oedipus's accusations husband of mine don't mind with that old old and oracles no longer have the power that they once did it was prophesied that leias would be killed by his own son and he died when he was just a baby at that point the arrival of a messenger from Corinth was announced from the city where oedipus's parents still reigned my Lord I bring sad news from Corinth your old father has died and for this reason you should return to your beloved City and take your throne as the king's Heir the news that you give me is sad indeed but even so it gives me great relief the Oracle predicted that I would kill my own father and that I would marry my mother you see Oedipus the oracle's word is no longer valuable the Old King of Corinth died without your intervention [Music] but what if my old father died due to the sadness and despair he felt after I decided to abandon him it's not prudent to return to Corinth and run the risk of ending up married to my mother don't worry my king the queen is not your real mother she simply adopted you how do you know such a secret because I was the one who handed you to her when you were just the baby you were handed to me when I was crossing these lands with my flock you had your feet pierced after hearing what the messenger had said jocosta felt a deep tightness in her heart would you recognize the man who handed me if you ever saw him again forget that Oedipus stirring such wounds would only cause more pain it's important to me to know the identity of my father and my mother because I do not want to bring them The Misfortune of my prophecy do not insist on going down that path I beg you like I have to discover the identity of Leia's true murderer it's my duty to discover the identity of my parents this is my duty to thieves and to myself don't you dare sorrowful one if you insist that will be the only title you will carry for the rest of your life Jocasta desolated crumbled into tears and ran to her room Oedipus failed to understand the reason of such hysterical reaction from his wife and believe that jocosta probably feared The Humble origin of his parents something that could spoil the name of her family while Oedipus was talking with the messenger he is informed that the only witness of lias's murder was brought to the court the servant of the former King looked pale in front of Oedipus the messenger told him Lord I have no doubt this is the man who handed you to me when you were just a baby servant this man says that you handed him a baby many years ago Lord pay no attention to this man he is just losing your time do you remember that small boy with Wounded feet now he is in front of you as a king why don't you shut your mouth you fool who handed you the child was it your father I don't know what this man is talking about if I have to repeat the question you will be a dead man please do not harm an old man I curse that day when I spared your life it would be better if you were dead speak right away and end this story I beg you my king don't ask me anything else you will speak the truth whether you want it or not tie him to that trunk considering that threat I bow before your willingness saying this will be really cruel but your pain as a listener will be even more excruciating you have been delivered to me by Queen jocosta who put in my arms her son with King leias so that he could be delivered to the beasts of Mount sithiron to prevent the Fulfillment of a terrible prophecy during that moment of Revelation light shed on the whole darkness that had blinded the poor Oedipus his prophecy had been fulfilled while trying to escape his fate from Corinth Oedipus in fact crossed paths with it but oedipus's full misery had yet to be reached Queen jacosta had just committed a desperate Act Oedipus ran toward the Royal rooms but the door was locked jacosta don't do anything that cannot be undone we are not to blame for what happened everything was an inevitability of fate after forcing the door Oedipus found jacosta hanging with a rope around her neck Oedipus laid the body of the lifeless Queen on the floor he removed the golden broaches that tied her dress and with their needles pierced his own eyes cursed be my eyes which have witnessed such a dreadful scene I therefore mutilate them so that I no longer have to face my parents in the Kingdom of Hades blind Oedipus addressed the population of Thebes and said I have plucked out my own eyes what can I admire or love in this life now take me to Exile far from Thebes because I'm damned the most hated creature by the gods among Mortals Oedipus handed his crown to his brother-in-law Creon who would take care of the Kingdom until his children reached the age to reign Oedipus was given to the cane of the neglected and The Wretched King was taken by his own children to the city Gates his beloved daughter Antigone stretched out her arm and decided to accompany her poor father in Exile for Oedipus the presence of his daughter at his side could only mean that the gods finally felt sorry for a man so cruelly persecuted since the beginning of his life [Music] alive