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 the King. Sophocles. Translated by David Grene. CHARACTERS. OEDIPUS, King of Thebes FIRST MESSENGER. JOCASTA, His Wife SECOND MESSENGER. CREON, His Brother-in-Law A HERDSMAN. TEIRESIAS, an Old Blind Prophet A CHORUS OF OLD MEN OF.