That the sight is stabbed out of them is what happens to Theban King Oedipus' eyes. The blinding is deliberate and self afflicted. It's done with brooches from the robe of Theban Queen Jocasta, who's Oedipus' wife and mother. It's finding out that he's the killer of his own father and the husband of his own mother, and that Jocasta commits suicide, that leads Oedipus to this violent act.
He puts out his own eyes.
Oedipus marries Jocasta.
No one. Oedipus blinds himself in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
It is the his wife's brooches that Oedipus uses to stab his eyes out in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus finds the body of his dead wife Queen Jocasta hanging by the threads of her own robes. He puts the body down on the floor and removes the golden brooches that hold her robes in place. He then stabs both his eyes out with the brooches.
He had sex with his own mother, which made him cut his eyes out, and banished himself from the kingdom.
He uses his wife's brooch who happens to be his mother and stabs both of his eyes out and becomes blind.
He puts out his own eyes.
Oedipus marries Jocasta.
No one. Oedipus blinds himself in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
He stabs his eyes out.
The aftermath of "Oedipus" is dramatized in another play called "Antigone"
It is the his wife's brooches that Oedipus uses to stab his eyes out in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus finds the body of his dead wife Queen Jocasta hanging by the threads of her own robes. He puts the body down on the floor and removes the golden brooches that hold her robes in place. He then stabs both his eyes out with the brooches.
He had sex with his own mother, which made him cut his eyes out, and banished himself from the kingdom.
Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother.
Oedipus flees Corinth
No, it is no accident that Oedipus stabs himself in the eyes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has the motive, looks for the means, and takes the opportunity. He removes the golden brooches from the robes of Queen Jocasta, his dead wife and mother. Just before plunging the brooches into his eyes, he says that he no longer will have to see the horrors of his life.
Oedipus frees Thebes from the Sphinx. APEX;P