The Story of Oedipus: the King of Thebes (Complete) Greek Mythology - See U in History

[@malachisguides]

The Sphinx: solve my riddle Oedipus: Solves it The Sphinx: COMPLETE OVERREACTION

[@kingartison]

Like a pretty light skinned woman on Instagram with booking in her bio

[@lolabigcups7121]

Dramatic AF!

[@skibadibop-yeaskitskatskat4454]

You don’t show up in Greek tragedies by being bland and pedestrian.

[@sweetpea7455]

🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Arthur5000]

Right lol

[@christinecastillo4878]

Oracle: "You will marry Joe" Oedipus: "Who's Joe?" Oracle: "Joe Mama"

[@fikriish6361]

This needs to be the top comment

[@melemetcalf1681]

I literally choked on my coffee 😂. I wish I can like this comment more.

[@quincyreleford2692]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

Ba dum tsss

[@jeremytole3493]

Oedipus: -who's Joe- Joe who? Oracle : Joe Mama

[@krazylevin]

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it"

[@rickyray2794]

I'm gonna use that in my paper.

[@bullsharkpizza5445]

I heard this in destiny 2

[@coolguy1983]

yes master Oggway

[@Jesus-pl3io]

Too bad Anakin didn't read Mythology...

[@zhefaloosia7953]

Ooooohh oogway

[@lalabella7036]

If Oedipus father hadn't gone to ask for the prophecy in the first place, all this wouldn't have happened. Moral of the story : don't go out searching for something you didn't lose in the first place.

[@TazzB0922]

don't search for something you didn't lose in the first place*... not sure when or why people always use "loose" instead of "lose" two whole separate meanings

[@Alexis-nh7he]

Plus, I also feel like the oracle was in the story to express a moral. They had a choice to either keep the baby or get rid of it due to the possibility of Oedipus' father being killed. But you're right, every time they go to the oracle or prophecy, drama stirs.

[@imano7998]

nope this would still happend bcuz its Oedipu's destiny. and no matter how what you do to prevent it, it will happen that's the point of the whole story.

[@mysticloverfairy1]

Yep you can’t run from fate .

[@siddhantkhandare6243]

Yep I agree.

[@giancarlovelandrez3413]

...And kids, that's how I met Our Mother...

[@preator_vallum6377]

Underrated comment.

[@HimanshuSinghawesome]

Sounds like a communist propaganda

[@Neku628]

@@HimanshuSinghawesome huh? What are you on about?

[@Psycholosopher]

@@Neku628 OUR 🧐

[@4sight858]

"SWEET OL MOTHER RUSSIA"

[@madhavvishwanath1518]

Oedipus: answers the riddle Sphinx: *yeets herself*

[@cinnastag]

Oedipus: *solves the riddle* Sphinx: "And I took that personally"

[@jonathantarnate4769]

So his daughter is also his sister because they have the same mother. Now thats the twist

[@dmitrishostakovich9559]

sWeEt HoMe AlAbAmA

[@drakestreacheroustwin3179]

Thanks for telling something I didn't want to know

[@andywilson8698]

I'd still hit it .

[@dmitrishostakovich9559]

Andy Wilson r/cursedcomments

[@suchafknladyyy]

@@andywilson8698 😂😂😂😭🤦🏾‍♀️

[@writer_thewitch]

Thank you for doing the story such justice. Not many people could tell the story so well. Thank you for these videos.

[@SeeUinHistory]

thanks :)

[@jaydeshpande319]

@@SeeUinHistory can u somehow tell from where do you get so much information and extra knowledge?? I just wanna read more about Sphinx and her riddles

[@i.b.7...718]

@@SeeUinHistory is it a real story?

[@CBH85]

@@i.b.7...718 You do understand that Greek mythology aren't stories based on real events and people, right? So yes, this is a REAL STORY in that this story actually exists not on actual events...

[@calvinxu3464]

Isn’t KZbin the best place to learn history? It has the maps, the music, the movies, the paintings, etc. And, the best of all, it has narrators who not only understand the subjects, but also are true lovers of history!

[@sae4senator]

Your name and comment is gorgeous

[@CBH85]

Other platforms offer this too. YT merely hosts videos regardless of the creators and content. *rolls eyes*

[@yagirlnee7415]

Moral of the story; DO NOT go to a fortune teller.

[@coreyboy7257]

Seriously

[@jaden2758]

thats the moral of every ancient religion

[@ladynikkie]

Yeah, these oracles are more troublesome than the gods

[@iamchannelll]

I disagree it’s perfectly fine to do so because you will know and understand your life better .. the unpleasant truths are nessecary even if it’s painful

[@andipalifuri5462]

@@iamchannelll if his father didn't go to oracle then his father wouldn't expel him when he was just a baby, he will grow up and become a perfect prince and perfect heir to his father crown, since he was a good kid who abandon his adoptive father kingdom just to make sure the propecy wouldn't happen and hurt his adoptive parents So yeah... Don't go to the Fortune teller

[@user-te4fz6it4c]

I swear everything in Greek mythology has to do with shepherds

[@sebastiansmith1223]

I think the Bible does that too, probably because sheep can easily be compared to the masses, and a shepherd can be considered a moral and societal leader.

[@oopopp]

Shepherds were probably the people that kept passing the stories down each generation...

[@siddarth3955]

Yes hector was raised by shepherds, romulus and his brothers were found by shepherds ... Etc etc ... Scholars believe it's the left over inspiration of giglameesh story where enikdu his counterpart and second main character was found and brought into the main story by shepherds ...

[@payforoxygen]

just like everything in Hungarian folk tales has a younger blond brother to do with it as well

[@7amadabeta]

Just a common job among the lower ranks of an old simple community, wth are u all on about!

[@cristinaj4274]

Yes I know this is a mythological story, but has anyone else realized that the whole of it could've been prevented had noone ever sought the oracle of delphi's "wisdom"?

[@stev3322]

i guess thats kinda the point as soon as you obtain knowledge that you shouldn't have it'll become your downfall

[@jeff4762]

More of Apollo's fault really.

[@ariw9405]

Not necessarily it’s still your future even if you don’t know it’s still going to happen one way or another

[@gatopsaro4262]

The point is that marrying his mother was his ultimate fate and knowing about that could not save him ... at least thats what my greek professors taught me while growing up there xd

[@gatopsaro4262]

Knowing your fate but still fighting against it while accepting the fact that you ll lose : ancient greeks's view about who's a tragic ( as in character of a tragedy the type of theatrical play ) hero ... Oedipus was one

[@matthewrosenthal753]

If Oedipus had been raised the Prince and heir to the throne of Thebes as his parents intended before his father was told a Prophecy, none of this happens. The truth here is the Prophecy is self fulfilling. When we listen to them we act to avoid them which only leads to them becoming fact.

[@kylasantos4081]

Maybe but perhaps the prophecy could have been fulfilled in a different story but same outcome. Even if Oedipus was raised by his original parents, his destiny could have been the same

[@jamiemohan2049]

​@@kylasantos4081Considering this curse was put on Jocasta and Oedipus by the gods I'd say yeah. Laius did something bad and assaulted someone, then the gods gave this curse to wife and son. So I think this still would have been the outcome if they raised him.

[@dtill5322]

One of the most tragic stories ever...my goodness fate was cruel to him. Thanks for posting!!!

[@andrewhall3299]

Moral to the story only sleep with someone your own age

[@leotisbennett6033]

Andrew Hall that wasnt his fault though.. any of us could have been fooled like he was.

[@miamafalda1118]

She allegedly looked a lot younger than her age though

[@whitexmoonlight2592]

Queen jocasta had the necklace of harmonia which would make the wearer youthful and at the same time bring misfortune, so...

[@bangtanwings4854]

chocolate sundae Oh wow 😲 misfortune.. 😞

[@summer6043]

chocolate sundae why does no one say this?

[@LatinIndigo]

He didn't know about his origin, and never wondered why his parents named him "swollen feet"?

[@maddygreenb]

TheAmazingLittleRose You didn’t get the point of that comment

[@ConFlow247]

Maybe he didnt know his name meant swollen feet

[@akshatamuralidhar1961]

Huh

[@Abc17890]

Three things caused this: 1. Adoptive parents lying. 2. Oedipus thinking he can defeat faith and 3. The lie that thieves killed the King

[@seihanda671]

"FATE" not faith

[@sophiawilson8696]

Secrets and Lies that what killed that him.

[@ladynikkie]

4. Oedipus father went to the Oracle in which he shouldn't have done in the first place

[@bishwut6081]

You mean 'Fate' ?!

[@blaisemomin1106]

Fate*

[@rolyngeorges7315]

I love Greek myths. They have so much drama and action. Especially this son.

[@chrissummer1327]

Apollo: "mortals thinking they can escape me"

[@dale7326]

This myth got old, the people that day didn’t know that fate can also be deceived by itself. It teaches people to accept their fate but never say how to against it. Avoiding is only delay things, in either condition you will eventually face it. Most of what happen has a link somewhere. If that link break or get cut off because people totally forget it, it can’t go to where it is.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

If you're told you're going to marry you mom then marry a younger woman.

[@iquoteeverythingisay4627]

what if that younger woman was your mum resurrected in another body?

[@israelaberra2384]

That would've made to much sense.

[@purplebricks1018]

Exactly he wasnt smart enough

[@canyounot2102]

Mrtfarrugia // haha

[@sholenejames2292]

🤣😂

[@nerreahokullo1693]

Greek methology has never been about justice, characters suffer and are punished severely for things they have no power over

[@ftw_sarras2490]

U dumb

[@ftw_sarras2490]

I'm from Greece and trust me I know much more things about the Greek mythology

[@kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190]

Not mythology but methology lol. Next they'll be telling tales of Marijuahnus and Heroincules.

[@twohandedswordsman852]

I might be late here, but i think the reason why many greek story don't always show justices is because to teach people to believe something good in themselves, and don't believe something bad if we don't want it happens.

[@fromsurrey9538]

@@ftw_sarras2490 You're a dolt. What has Oedipus done to deserve what he befell him. Despite his righteous nature, he still met great tragedy. I know life can be unjust but you must at least sympathise with what happened to him. You're the dumb one, you lack critical thinking

[@budmckechnie]

There is a fascinating back story behind the curse to the Oedipus family. Oedipus's father Laius had violated a young man whom he had been hired to protect and educate,. The god Apollo punished Laius by cursing his wife and son by this terrible prophecy.

[@hanaenae1081]

may I know what story this is?

[@GameoftheYear-fx4mq]

What did he do to the young man? Clapped his cheeks or talked ill of the guys family? You can't be going saying "violated" it's meaning has changed in this era.

[@mohammadhosseini6675]

The god Apollo is a sick man the duck did the son do to dererve such a fate.

[@unknownbyself]

​@@mohammadhosseini6675That's the point, ancient Greek myths portrayed the Olympian gods as petty jerks b/c they were a reflection of humanity itself. It's the belief that nothing and no one, not even the gods, is perfect.

[@azazel166]

There are multiple versions of the story. In one he abducts the young man, who later commits suicide, and in another he is abducted by Zeus, and Laius is blamed for his disappearance.

[@legendarysixsamurai-shien402]

The sphinx really based life and death on a basic ass cereal box riddle...?

[@AJNUNEZ17]

And it was the cereal box that got the riddle from the sphinx.

[@XyzXyz-mm9vq]

Gee, u make it sound as if a cereal box came BEFORE the Greek Myth.

[@mobyhuge8623]

@@XyzXyz-mm9vq thats why the riddle is challenging to the ancient greeks

[@thrownaway6020]

I would pay to watch a documentary about an ancient cereal box that got sent back in time from a distant future.

[@johnathanortiz3066]

@@thrownaway6020 to improve the future send gorilla munch To Doom it send raisin brand

[@ironmountain7907]

This was never one of my favorite Greek stories but the way you told it was very compelling!

[@alinateaca5075]

When I have read that part of Mythology, I thought those stuff were just someone's fiction work🙈🙉

[@giannisv.4472]

The sad thing is that the family tragedy does not end with Oedipus but it continues with the death of his daughter by Creon uncle of Oedipus who eventually suicided after his son killed himself because he was in love with the daughter of Oedipus

[@Magical_realm_]

What?

[@hugomudu9604]

@@Magical_realm_ Yep

[@yokastaazcona6776]

God it never ends!

[@kshithiyathish]

Antigone.

[@PungiFungi]

@@Magical_realm_ that in a nutshell. I believe Oedipus’ 2 sons waged war to control Corinth and wind up killing each other. Antigone went against her uncle’s’ decree that no funeral rites be given (by itself that was a crime against the gods) and was punished by being buried alive in a mausoleum. Creon’s son was in love with her and arrived too late to free her because she committed suicide. He then killed himself in front of Creon and only then Creon recognize the errors of his ways.

[@kapalshiuu]

The Sphinx : (gives a riddle) Oedipus : (answers it correctly.) The Sphinx : *It wasn't supposed to be like this!*

[@JulesBartow]

She was a modern day Karen

[@richardbernaldo131]

I love this. Listening to this helps me learn about Greek mythology and I gotten an A+ thanks to your narration and knowledge.

[@madarauchiha8508]

*Laius: Oedipus shall be killed.* **20-or-so years later** *Oedipus:* **pulls out UNO Reverse card**

[@myrnacaraig2681]

Oedipus is smart enough to beat the Sphynx, but not smart enough to not marry older women.

[@kazkk2321]

Myrna Caraig It is not about being smart. Destiny will come through regardless of what one does to avoid it. That is the point

[@AnonYmous-ob7py]

Being clever and being wise are two different forms of intelligence

[@jonaxximagines]

That his biological mother. This isn't about how smart are you to pick your choices in life. It's how fate always find way to fulfill the prophecy.

[@schullerandreas556]

Based

[@eriklazo5499]

@@kazkk2321 Fate is another lie told by the gods. Nothing is written that cannot be unwritten.

[@carolinegranados5682]

I never cared much for this story until now. beautifully done!!

[@mystictiger5381]

All Oedipus had to do was keep his mouth shut and stop digging and he would have lived a happy and oblivious life.

[@macvena]

So for Oedipus, "Ignorance is bliss."

[@mystictiger5381]

@Timothy Toliver I mean, ya, good for him for keeping his word but he plunged out his eyes, (something he didn't have to do) the dude went a bit extreme. But, ya, that too I guess.

[@pookie516]

@@macvena i was just thinking that

[@blacklotus2533]

😂 😂 😂

[@chaoticspider836]

But ya know...it wouldn't have stopped the plague

[@shayomiahmed]

Now I know what gave rise to Oedipus and Jocasta complex (for those who don't know Oedipus complex is a psychological concept explaining the feelings of a boy towards his mother and Jocasta is feelings of a mother towards his boy )

[@al148]

Centuries have gone by. The story is still so tragic, poor Antigone her story is even more painful.

[@anthonyokojie8876]

Sophocles continues the tragedies with Antigone.

[@EMMYK1916]

I remember learning this in Secondary school aged 13. These tales always stay lodged in the brain, along with the Celtic mythologies

[@three7446]

Recommend some Celtic mythologies

[@KomodoDojo]

Oedipus be like so that's why my adopted parents named me swollen feet.

[@saratujibrin3755]

In my country there is a popular book called 'the gods are not to be blamed' that tells this exact story. It was written by a well known author who wrote it as an original story of his.

[@darinaangelova2882]

Lol

[@anthonyokojie8876]

That story was an adaptation of this.

[@bushidoh8316]

Probably an adaptation. The play is around 2400 years old and the original story being even older.

[@sahildahal5523]

Jocasta: Oedipus dear! Oedipus: Coming soon, mother! Jocasta: So soon?

[@dolandoes4011]

NOOO

[@darklurker1239]

Oh my god! Stop right there 🤢

[@kingdon7795]

@@dolandoes4011 Hoohoohahahaahaa 😈😈👹👹😜😜

[@kingdon7795]

@@darklurker1239 Hoohoohahahaahaa 😈😈👹👹😜😜😜🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@abundanceemmanuel313]

This has to be the Saddest story in all Greek mythology. Its even sadder than Medusa's

[@redrave404]

Jason and the Argonauts: Medea (Jason's wife) murders their sons to spite him, he loses his kingdom and is crushed by his own boat (the Argo) as an old man. Cicada was a man who fell in love with a Muse. The Muse begged Zeus (her father) to make Cicada immortal, Zeus did but didn't give Cicada eternal youth. Cicada aged into a immobile husk, forced to watch his Muse wife cheat on him constantly because she didn't want to be with him anymore. Finally she turned him into a bug (a cicada) so he could at least shed his form and move around and not be her problem. Artemis was tricked into killing the only man she ever loved (Orion the hunter) by her brother Apollo in an archery contest. There's plenty more, not saying Oedipus isn't a sad story, but there's plenty of competition. Not just Medusa's.

[@noorbohamad5796]

@@redrave404 so then Apollo totally SUCKS

[@redrave404]

@@noorbohamad5796 It's the Greek pantheon, all the gods are awful to varying degrees.

[@chafikmedala7534]

Oedipus was given three chances to forsake his request, he was warned of the terrible knowledge and its impact on everything yet he ignored. One thing to learn: never seek knowledge that would bring harm and learn how to let go. Some things are better if kept a secret. Also this reminds me of people who go to an extreme persuing a cause believing blindly its right. Only to be confronted by the end that they have turned into a monster and the thing that they dreaded the most when they persue it.

[@yr5660]

Your rendition gives life to the story. Awesome way of telling a story.

[@sholenejames2292]

The meaning get once I hear the whole thing is nothing like the “oedipus complex”. Meaning: if you try to run from fate and your problems you will end up crashing headlong into it.

[@chewxieyang4677]

Dread it, Run from it, Destiny arrives all the same - Thanos, the Mad Titan.

[@angela.luntian]

@@messianic_scam its not like the hellenic republic became an outstanding country from its mythology alone.

[@dinarihenry4022]

I love your story telling of mythologies keep it up love your videos 👍

[@SeeUinHistory]

:)

[@furorfrisii7679]

And so he was the inventor of the word: 'Motherf*cker'.

[@jordanr6639]

No, it was me.

[@Mrmutini]

@@jordanr6639 stop lying

[@justsomeyetiwithinternetac2182]

Yep

[@acharonim4659]

The anonymous lord he killed was his father in disguise, wow what a plot twist...

[@bangtanwings4854]

Old World Disorder ikr?!

[@Lonesome__Dove]

I like the narration. 👍👌

[@r.r.englishtutorialhome893]

Everything is crystal clear.. One of most lucid descriptions I have ever seen on Oedipus the King 👑

[@dachosenorg]

The original riddle of the Sphinx was... what goes on four legs then two legs then three...and the further it goes the weaker it be? The answer was Man!

[@prabhatkiran3226]

The fates played a cruel joke on Oedipus.

[@satanswife2546]

One of the most intriguing tales from Greek mythology

[@eccentricninny0120]

this used to be the story we have to roleplay back in college.. my oh my.. I was asked to be the Sphinx.. I was sooo honored, eventho I know I will die in the end

[@lazarusthehumblecritic8390]

Ninny Nina Umm hiyah dere ninny nina the sphinx! 😂

[@JulesBartow]

Is your name Karen?

[@Jays6926]

What I’ve learned from Greek Mythology. Don’t try changing fate. When you do that’s when the prophecy comes true.

[@sirarthurofwinterfell282]

I took my mom to see this play talk about it awkward ride home barely got a good night kiss

[@justchilling704]

Lol

[@Rolletti21]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@soniwatts8128]

Lmaooooo 😭😭😭😭

[@melmcbodi7305]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrfarax4944]

😂😂😂

[@aymslt8743]

Sphinx: "Decipher me or I'll devour you" Oedipus: "HUMAN" Sphinx: *Emotional Damage*

[@meganliu6274]

The Sphinx: solve this riddle or I will eat you Oedipus: Solves the riddle Sphinx: THROWS SELF OFF CLIFF

[@fawnieee]

Mood

[@sheillanyakato2153]

No matter what, fate seems to always catch up upon you

[@BatOneTwo]

This was beautiful, and very well put together! Thank you for a awesome video!!! Blessings, Fran

[@HPFangirl71]

Very twisted story!! Poor Oedipus, trying to escape his future makes him actually fall right into its trap. Wonder why the fates hated him so much??

[@user-gd4cv6ku5g]

he was cursed by his father's mistake

[@azuaraikrezeul1677]

Karma is cruel.

[@moarawkwarder]

The fates decided humans had become too reliant on the Oracles and decided they needed to learn that sometimes the truth is to be left undisturbed. Oedipus could’ve Hakuna Matata’d his way through life as a King, but his refusal to accept not knowing was his downfall.

[@thatoneguy_0218]

But the prophecy only happened because they tried to prevent it in the first place. Their actions of trying to change the future are actually what caused it. Oof in other words

[@ritabn493]

It s more like it was destined for them to try and prevent the profecy and by that it ll cause it because nobody can change the future, u may think that u are but actually ur just walking the same way towards ur destiny

[@siddarth3955]

It was deemed to happen one way or the other ...

[@thatoneguy_0218]

@@siddarth3955 Exactly the only thing they could change would be the actions in between but the ending stays the same

[@siddarth3955]

@@thatoneguy_0218 I think in oedipus's case his actions were well but no matter what, even if he made biggest sacrifice in the universe still this particular ending was deemed to be a stigma on him ...

[@bangtanwings4854]

ThatOneGuy _02 Honestly it was gonna happen either ways

[@JReece3000]

Kids today are so lucky to have KZbin. How many papers have been written just by watching videos on here. Meanwhile I had to go to my local library.

[@PhantomMYG]

Sphinx: Decipher me or I'll devour you Me: That doesn't even rhyme

[@darrenjacob4685]

Decipher me or I'll devour thee

[@annacostello5181]

It rhymes in ancient Greek tho

[@demetriusjohnson6969]

Moral of the story: Don’t talk to the Oracle

[@divyanjaligupta7795]

😂

[@TheGodTell]

poor guy.. especially the kind of hardship and the length he had gone through to evade the prophecy. wondering if had the king educate, treat and rise him right, will the prophecy still be fulfilled?

[@iquoteeverythingisay4627]

what if you don't try to avoid the prophecy or never learn about it in the first place?

[@kristinajohn5914]

@@iquoteeverythingisay4627 Yet apparently we never learned the lesson. Look at the world today say we aren't self fulfilling the prophecies of the alleged holy books ... and those religious devotes actually do everything in their power to see it fullfilled be that by not acting but allowing things to happen, helping in purpose to have the prophecy fullfilled, or trying to restrict humanity in order to allegedly avoid it which bacfires as in the story we just heard ... We just seem to be doomed to repeat stupidity. So obsessed with reaching heaven we trample everything in our path knowing this prophecies are meant to annihilate the world ... Sad but there you have it. It's always the believers the screw things up

[@manasac3102]

I don't think coz once he knew of the prophecy he distanced himself from his adopted parents fearing it. Had he been brought up properly by his birth parents, that prophecy would have remained unfulfilled since he was an intelligent n nice guy

[@chantalalexander]

9:25 Oedipus unknowingly addresses himself.

[@divyanjaligupta7795]

Absolutely 😀

[@emekaume]

This was awesome. I WANT MOORREEE!!!!!

[@kiyekaliyepthomi2483]

Because of this explanation I got the highest mark in exam.Thank u to the one whoever have explained this story in such a good detail.❤

[@taniatoor4523]

THE BEST EXPLANATION!!! THIS REALLY HELPED ME

[@Papa_Waffles]

One often fulfills his destiny on the road to avoid it.

[@bangtanwings4854]

Papa Waffles True

[@yobedefaulted8452]

True but this was word for word posted earlier

[@JamesWilliams-qu2rq]

Have you noticed these stories, all of whom were conceived by kings and Gods and than tossed to the side, grew up to be beautiful, strong, handsome, and righteous.

[@aditisk99]

Most of them ended with a tragedy.

[@whitehorse1959]

Men, the moral of the story is "take no cougars".

[@jabirthegunner1424]

The Sphinx: solve my riddle Oedipus: Solves it The Sphinx: Guess I'll die!

[@ranasister5175]

Best explanation available on youtube

[@grantchuks8302]

OK now that's messed up and a bit confusing. So his "children " are his siblings? I am confused.

[@xavier1404]

i am confusion ...

[@emmiesblessed8800]

That’s where the phrase “Oedipus complex” come from!🤔

[@RubeeRoja]

I've heard and read this myth many times, but for some reason in this narration I cried when Antoine him by his side.

[@stebbenwolfe]

It’s weird to me that he literally murdered a guy on the road and never thought to himself that he might’ve murdered the king.

[@emems6620]

I already knew this myth since in Italy we study a lot of greek and latin literature, simplified, since middle school books. But this work was dope and astonishing, good job

[@KingTriton1837]

This was an ancient version of an epsiode of Young and The Restless...

[@greedpower565]

Holy shit that was a tragic story, I cried I'm not lying

[@wesleyvl8572]

Love your videos keep it up dude

[@jack-exzolt9858]

Despite the term's origin, you have to admit, Oedipus never wanted to marry his mother of sort. He was a capable king and he did ran away because he did not want to do that with his parents, he ran because of love for them. Though he is too gullible and too impulsive for the prophecies that he had to accuse his own brother-in-law, whom was loyal to him, leading to the deaths of both his adoptive parents and his biological. But even in shame he did not shied away from responsibility, even if it took mutilating himself. He at least had his daughter accompany him until the end of his life.

[@hildegrade777]

I havee read about Oedipus many times but this by far is the best narration which I listened and watched from beginning to end.

[@taiwoadetipe6637]

This story brings to mind what big brother said, 'ignorance is strength'. We are sometimes better of not knowing

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

So this is where the Oedipus complex deprived from! Amazing!

[@markfourtwenty9897]

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it" ->Master Oogway

[@vidbuds9660]

This video just helped me finish an important assignment so thank you. Learned more here in this short video than reading in class lol.

[@lolabigcups7121]

THE GROSSEST PLOT TWIST EVER!

[@orangebiscuits3848]

Like most greek tales

[@Gamma_Digamma]

The sphinx is basically some lady sapiophile with a messed up history

[@gregoriaarteaga4460]

Another tragic Greek story! Thank you. I love Mythology 🥲🤣.

[@ki1r0y17]

What if Oedipus just settled with the Sphinx insted of his Mother.

[@mobyhuge8623]

Sphinx was thicc tho

[@darrenjacob4685]

Sphinx is half lion with wings but this is Greek mythology so it is a possibility

[@ingridmarize2009]

😂

[@kazkk2321]

It is necessary to know the future and have such high knowledge. Sometimes knowledge is pain but it's worth to know that not to know

[@mathieuleader8601]

he's a real complex guy

[@gilbertramirez6626]

Pride also plays a part in the story.

[@annacostello5181]

Hubris. Yes. A cornerstone of Greek tragedy 🎭

[@johnell23]

"Husband of mine" no sis "son of mine"

[@hao9631]

I cried watching this. Omg. The saddest story.

[@billionaire30xyz36]

Daughters are a father's greatest supporters!

[@free4492]

A masterpiece drama intended to remind people not to fall of the old customs. One can only learn from it.

[@DrGreg007]

Sigmund Freud sure took that story seriously!

[@cristinaj4274]

On a seperate note... Bravo on the narration. It was quite enjoyable. 😊

[@588Board]

I love the paradox of seeing the future. Either you changed it because you’ve seen it, Or you seal it by trying to avoid it. Great story

[@Atea1793]

Those people should've just never asked the Oracle about their kids future in the first place. It NEVER ended well!