Exodos, lines 1237-1285
The messenger's graphic report: Jocasta hangs herself; Oedipus tears the brooches from her robe and stabs his eyes.
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From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
A second messenger reports Jocasta's suicide by hanging and Oedipus's self-blinding with the golden brooches from her gown.
Exodos, lines 1271-1279
Oedipus's cry as he blinds himself — eyes that saw not the horrors he committed shall see no more.
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