{"date":"June 10","id":"06-10","intro":["King Œdipus of Thebes as a babe was abandoned on Mount Cithæron to die. Years after he was thought dead he returns to Thebes and unknowingly slays his father, marries his mother—and thus fulfills the word of the oracle."],"minutes":23,"readings":[{"author":"Sophocles","end":223,"start":209,"volume":8,"work":"Œdipus, King of Thebes"}],"slug":"june-10","status":"proofread","title":"Horrible Prophecy Fulfilled","url":"/harvard-classics/june-10/","words":4527}