Shaketeach is correct, but there is a specific moment that can be pinpointed as the
peripeteia. Thewho comes to tellthat the man he believed to be his father, Polybus, is dead and
that he will be made king in Corinth, also happens to be the man who brought the baby Oedipus to
King Polybus and his wife.
The scene that reveals Oedipus' true past goes on
for quite a few pages, drawing out the suspense as Oedipus learns that, according to the
Messenger, he need not be afraid of murder and incest in Corinth since Polybus was not his
natural father.
And yet the unravelling doesn't end with this...
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