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2. Autoenucleation - Wikipedia

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   A famous case of autoenucleation can be found in Greek mythology: Oedipus, according to Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus Rex, gouged his own eyes out after discovering he had married his mother. In the 13th century, Marco Polo witnessed a pious Baghdad carpenter who enucleated his right eye for sinful thoughts of a young female customer.

3. Blinding (punishment) - Wikipedia

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   Oedipus gouged out his own eyes after accidentally fulfilling the prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother. [3] In the Bible, Samson was blinded upon his capture by the Philistines. [4] Early Christians were often blinded as a penalty for their beliefs. [5] For example, Saint Lucy's torturers tore out her eyes. [6]

4. Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

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   But upon discovering the lifeless queen, Oedipus took her down, and removing the long gold pins from her dress, he gouged out his own eyes in despair. Bénigne Gagneraux, The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods. The blinded king now exits the palace, and begs to be exiled. Creon enters, saying that Oedipus shall be taken into the ...

5. Cultural depictions of blindness - Wikipedia

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   After the first application, his vision is still imperfect, but when Jesus places his hands over the man's eyes a second time, his sight is completely restored. [ 14 ] In the Gospel of John , Jesus heals a man who was blind from birth , which is said in the narrative to be the only time that such a thing had been done.

6. Category:Films based on Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

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7. Oedipus the King (film) - Wikipedia

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   Oedipus the King is a 1968 British film adaptation of the Sophoclean tragedy Oedipus Rex, directed and co-written by Philip Saville.It stars Christopher Plummer as the title character, Orson Welles as Tiresias, Lilli Palmer as Jocasta, Richard Johnson as Creon and Donald Sutherland as the leading member of the Chorus, though the latter's voice was dubbed by Valentine Dyall.

8. Oedipus (Dryden play) - Wikipedia

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   The blind prophet Tiresias, in contrast, is able to see the truth. At the end of the play, Oedipus tears out his eyes, which are not necessary to see the truth. Dryden and Lee make their Oedipus tear out his eyes as well, but unlike Sophocles' Oedipus, he commits suicide. But it is not only Oedipus and Jocasta who die in the end:

9. Oedipus (Euripides) - Wikipedia

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   In Oedipus Rex, the title character blinds himself upon learning his true parentage, accidentally killing his father and marrying his mother Jocasta. In Euripides' play, however, it appears Oedipus is blinded by a servant of his father Laius, Oedipus' predecessor as king of Thebes. Furthermore, Euripides' play implies Oedipus was blinded before ...