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Obeying the oracle, Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx, kills his father, and marries his mother. The plague falls on Thebes, which has crowned an incest and a parricide. When a shepherd reveals the truth, the infernal machine of the gods explodes. Oedipus gouges out his eyes and his mother hangs herself. Inspired by the theater of Sophocles, Cocteau revives the great Greek figures: Oedipus, Jocasta, Antigone, and Creon. He philosophizes as a virtuoso. No, man is not free. He is born blind and the gods control his destiny. Even the hero, the one who stands out, must submit. This great text says everything about man with infinite humor and poetry.