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“Oedipus Rex Essay Number 1” The stories Antigone and Oedipus Rex were written by a Greek philosopher named Sophocles. In both stories there were two very important prophecies. Those prophecies played a vital role in the story. Because of them, the story turned out very differently than what we had expected. The two prophecies were given by a blind prophet named Tiresias. He always had a little boy with him to guide him wherever he went. In Oedipus Rex there was a very interesting prophecy. Before the prophecy, Tiresias and Oedipus had an argument. Tiresias accused Oedipus of murdering Laius, who was the king of Thebes before he w