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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

Note 36 — Œdipus

Smith Ely Jelliffe translation

According to Bethe, “Thebanische Heldenlieder,” the exposure on the waters was the original rendering. According to other versions, the boy is found and raised by horse herds; according to a later myth, by a countryman, Melibios.

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