Episode 1, lines 370-375
Tiresias: 'You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.'
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From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
The central thematic paradox: the sighted Oedipus is blind to truth, while the blind Tiresias sees all; Oedipus achieves true sight only through self-blinding.
Exodos, lines 1369-1390
Oedipus explains his self-blinding: he could not bear to look upon father, mother, children, or city.
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