In patients with swollen ankles high blood pressure is often seen as a causative agent. Steroids and Antidepressants are also seen as causes of Swollen Ankles. These medicines widen the small blood vessels resulting in leakage of fluids from vessels to the tissues.
When the truth was discovered, his wife-mother hanged herself, and Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. They had four children together. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles 's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone.
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Î¿á¼°Î´Î¯ÏÎ¿ÏÏ ÏÏÏÎ±Î½Î½Î¿Ï IPA: [oidÃ­puËs tÃ½ranËos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus (Î¿á¼°Î´Î¯ÏÎ¿ÏÏ), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics.