Oedipus Rex and following this, a servant exits the palace to speak of what has happened inside. When Jocasta enters the house, she runs to the palace bedroom and hangs herself there. Shortly afterward, Oedipus enters in a fury, calling on his servants to bring him a sword so that he might cut out his mother's womb. He then rages through the house, until he comes upon Jocasta's body. Giving a cry, Oedipus takes her down and removes the long gold pins that held her dress together, before plunging them into his own eyes in despair. A blind Oedipus now exits the
Hippodamia (wife of Autonous) story of Hippodamia and her family's unfortunate fate: Hippodamia (wife of Autonous) In Greek mythology, Hippodamia (/,hɪpoʊdəˈmaɪə/; also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια "she who masters horses" derived from "hippos" "horse" and "damazein" "to tame") was the wife of Autonous, son of Melaneus. She was the mother of Anthus, who was devoured by his father's horses and turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo. In fact all family members were turned into birds by the gods who felt pity for the family's fate. Hippodamia was turned into a lark. Her other children were Erodius, Schoeneus, Acanthus, and Acanthis. In