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To recognize what is right in front of one's face and to understand the course of past, present and future events are what the phrase "to see" means in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the recognition and the understanding are characteristics of the gods. They also are achievements of oracles and prophets. Understanding is not a human characteristic whereas recognition is inconsistently accessed by heroes and other mortals.

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Q: What does 'to see' mean in 'Oedipus the King'?
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