If I'd learned anything, it was that the gods never had good news - especially when it was delivered by the resurrected corpse of your worst enemy.

T.T. Faulkner
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If I'd learned anything, it was that the gods never had good news - especially when it was delivered by the resurrected corpse of your worst enemy. This quote is a reference to the ancient Greek story of Oedipus and his tragic fate. A king of Thebes, Oedipus married his own mother and murdered his father and uncle. When he learned that this terrible crime, he killed himself – even though he was the son of the king of Thebes and the king's own daughter!

Source: The Lost Memory

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