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No, Oedipus does not curse Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Oedipus is angry, horrified and upset to discover that his life is exactly as it is fated to be. But he never lets any of these emotions be expressed against his beloved Thebes. In fact, he ultimately requests to be exiled outside Thebes so as not to condemn the city with his cursed, polluting presence.

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