What If??? Oedipus Rex Edition
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What if the story didn't end after Oedipus ripped his eyes out? What if he set his sights on revenge? And what if Hera, the Goddess of Family and Marriage, saw the family blindsided and stricken with grief and swooped in to aid Oedipus is his mission for bloodshed?
A retelling of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
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