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The truth of the testimonies of the Corinthian messenger and the Theban shepherd is the turning point in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the eyewitness testimony of the Corinthian messenger establishes that Theban King Oedipus is not the biological son of Corinthian King Polybus. The eyewitness testimony of the Theban shepherd establishes that Oedipus is the biological son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. It also establishes that Oedipus is his father's killer and his mother's husband. It is the turning point from which no life ever can be the same.

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