In Plato's account of Socrates' trial, the Apology, Socrates states that "it is the greatest good for a man of discuss virtue every day…for the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology, 38a). By this he means that to live life well and experience the greatest satisfaction, a person must think seriously about how he is living his life and whether he is truly acting and has acted with virtue. In Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle, the protagonist and (initially) king of Thebes, Oedipus, learns of the horrors he participated in long ago, namely parricide and incest, which come back to haunt him as he realizes their nature - or rather, as he examines them. Although an assessment of the circumstances might suggest that the work of Oedipus, as Oedipus himself describes, Creon comes "not to take [Oedipus] home, but to throw me at the border to protect Thebes from 'a war against Athens' (Oedipus at Colonus, 783-786). Creon does not seek to help Oedipus as he claims, but to use his divine power without concern for Oedipus' peace or happiness. It's impossible to know whether Creon would have been more authentic if Oedipus hadn't thrown Creon under the bus himself, but that seems to me to be the case. More importantly, Oedipus prolongs the curse that hits the city since the murderer is not denounced. This plays directly against Oedipus, as he is responsible for the well-being of Thebes. By proudly insisting that he could have nothing to do with Laius' death, despite knowing that he killed several unidentified people, he neglects his city and lets it suffer. Socrates would have Oedipus search his life for wrongdoing and immorality, but he instead chooses to place the blame on others, and it is clear from the events mentioned above that he is only delaying the consequences of guilt and make them worse.