# "Relative" Inevitability of Fate
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-inevitability-of-fate/374286
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 26, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-inevitability-of-fate/374286 "2006-09-26T23:40:54Z")
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### Author:  [@IceBergXC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceBergXC)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-inevitability-of-fate/374286/1 "2006-09-26T23:40:54Z")
Did anyone in the entire known canon of classical Roman or Greek literature ever manage to successfully defy the Oracle or their declared fate in general?
Don’t even think about mentioning the “Final Destination” series, this is a serious question.
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### Author:  [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relative-inevitability-of-fate/374286/2 "2006-09-27T01:05:13Z")
I felt bad since nobody helped you out, although it is late, I am still at work, and am not really motivated by Greek and Roman literature.
From [ablemedia.com](http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympiansapollo4.html) :
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> Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 745 - Thebes has suffered ever since Laius defied the oracle of Apollo, located at the center of the earth. Apollo’s oracle said that if Laius never had children then Thebes would be saved.
And [here is another site](http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0013/MQ42391.pdf#search=%22%22defied%20the%20oracle%22%22) for you, but it is not working too well for me.
Hope this helps you sleep better.
OH, almost forgot, don’t forget [this link!!!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/)