In Praise Of Older Woman
January, 1982
One morning, just before breakfast, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, got a letter informing him that quite inadvertently he had married his own mother, Queen Jocasta. At first he suspected this was his brother-in-law Creon's idea of a practical joke, but Creon had no sense of humor, and also, the letter was signed by Tiresias, a blind seer of well-attested probity and independence of judgment. Moreover, the letter was accompanied by an affidavit from the shepherd who'd taken the infant Oedipus from...
