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The character who famously gouged out his eyes in Greek tragedy is Oedipus. In Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," he blinds himself after discovering that he has unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, fulfilling a tragic prophecy. His act of self-blinding symbolizes his desire to escape the painful truth and the consequences of his actions.

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