The term arrogance comes from the Greek meaning of extreme pride and arrogance, leading to excessive confidence. Oedipus is a classic example of an arrogant character who attempts to defy the god's prophecy but ends up doing exactly what he was warned against. Many suggest that Oedipus' arrogance also explains his tragic flaw or hamartia and his reversal of fate or peripeteia. The degree of arrogance, in the character of Oedipus, is illustrated in numerous aspects throughout the play, including Oedipus' own words. For example, lines 158 to 160 of the play exude Oedipus' extreme pride: "And rightly you will see in me an ally / A champion of my country and of the God" (Kennedy and Joy 694). Bernard Knox suggests that Oedipus still flaunts his arrogance after he blinds himself, recovers from despair, and begins making demands like a king again, although he has been dethroned. Knox describes Oedipus at the end as “still the active force… with the greatness of the hero” (Knox