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That he tries to change his destiny is the reason why Oedipus is tortured by the Erinnyes, or Furies of fate, in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Oedipus hears that he is fated to kill his father and marry his mother. He makes the decision not to stand idly by and let such a horrifying fate unfurl. But the Furies produce custom designed fates and take it very personally when mortals take arms against destiny.

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