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Because he plans to kill his wife Jocasta, Oedipus asks for a sword in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Oedipus learns that he is his father King Laius' killer, his wife Queen Jocasta's son, and his children's half-brother. He is absolutely furious over her albeit unknowing role in his miserable fate as criminal and sex offender. He follows Jocasta into their apartments within the royal palace because he plans to kill her with his own sword. But he finds Jocasta already lifeless and hanging from the threads of her own robes.

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