Why Poem by Douglas Scotney
Why
Why did King
Polybus
name his adopted child
Oedipus?
For its swollen foot -
perhaps a bit for the rhyme.
The foot had been pierced
by its real dad Laïus,
and it
had been left on a mountain
to die.
'oideo' means 'to swell';
'pous' means 'foot'.
That's Why.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Topic(s) of this poem: mythology,question
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