"Even though he wished to retire, George Washington knew that the nation needed help, so he put a lot of effort into helping to develop the Constitution. Eventually, the Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia in 1787, and the Constitution was approved. Then, Washington was elected president of the country. The entire Electoral College voted for him."
Explanation:
Washington was a delegate to the Continental Congress and elected unanimously President by the Electoral College in the first two elections of the US.
At the end of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the protagonist Oedipus has gouged out his own eyes and is sent into exile. His wife (and -- spoiler alert -- his mother) is dead, having hung herself.
