Oedipus Wasn’t Destroyed by the Truth | Greek mythology and Psychology to Sleep

Most people know Oedipus as the king destroyed by fate. But Sophocles did not end the story there. This is not only a story about prophecy. It is not the story Freud made famous. It is the story of a man who lost his eyes, his throne, his name, his family, and the world that once praised him — and still reached the end of his life as the only person who knew where he was going. In this episode of Catheoria, we follow Oedipus from the dying city of Thebes to the sacred grove of Colonus, where the ruined blind king becomes something stranger than a victim, a criminal, or a redeemed man. This is the Oedipus most people were never told. CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Opening 02:48 — Part 1: The Man Who Saved Thebes 11:22 — Part 2: The Investigation 21:05 — Part 3: The Moment Truth Arrives 28:43 — Part 4: The Fall 36:10 — Part 5: Twenty Years 46:17 — Part 6: The Blind Man Leads 53:02 — Closing Primary sources: Sophocles, Oedipus the King (~429 BCE) Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (~401 BCE, performed posthumously) #oedipus #Athena #Catheoria #TheIliad #GreekMythology #DarkPsychology #Mythology