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It is his virtuous devotion to his city that leads Oedipus to his own undoing in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Oedipus assures his people that he will end the pestilence by bringing to justice the guilty in the murder of his royal predecessor, King Laius. He heads the murder investigation. He persists in following every lead even when mounting evidence points to him as the most likely suspect in the long unsolved murder.

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