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Oedipus saved Thebes before, long ago, when the city was menaced by the Sphinx - a monster half woman, half lioness - who devoured any who failed to answer her riddle. Oedipus had solved the problem, and the Sphinx disappeared. What does he tell the priests he's already done to solve this new problem of the plague?