In line 109 Oedipus claims he never saw Laios, but we all know he met him where the three roads meet and killed him there without knowing the king's identity. ... In line 141, Oedipus tells Kreon, "Whoever killed King Laios might "who knows? ... Just like before we know he killed the king, but does not know that yet. ... Sometimes she treats him like a son as in line 602, when she scorns Oedipus and Kreon for making a scene, and in line 639 when Choragos asks, " did you not ask the King to go to his chambers?... It is also ironic that Oedipus be "enthroned in the place of the dead...

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