Oedipus Rex

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him away and calls him a liar and blames it all on him:

And I'll tell you what I think:
You planned it, you had it done, you all but
Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes,
I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone.
(1.2.331-334)

Teiresius is a blind prophet, and it is possible that if Oedipus had listened to
him in the first place, his internal suffering may have been much less severe.
He should have accepted what he had to say as fact no matter how unbelievable.

Oedipus
I think that I myself may be accursed
By my own ignorant edict.
Jocasta
You speak strangely.
It makes me tremble to look at you, my King.
Oedipus
I am not sure that the blind man cannot see,
But I should know better if you were to tell me---
(1.2.700-704)

The prophecy also stated that Oedipus will be damned in marriage. He
marries Jocasta and he rules as the King of Thebes and is well respected by all
of his people. Once ...

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