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The punishment for the murderer of Laius, as revealed in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," is to be exiled from Thebes. Oedipus himself unknowingly killed Laius and, upon discovering the truth, he blinds himself and chooses to leave the city to prevent further suffering. This act of exile serves as both a personal punishment and a means to cleanse the city of the plague that afflicts it due to Laius's murder.

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