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In the same 1960 work, Oedipus and Akhnaton, Velikovsky not only saw Akhenaten as the origin of Oedipus, but also identified him with a Pharaoh mentioned only in Herodotus, " Anysis of the city of the same name " — Akhenaten of Akhetaten.

Like Oedipus, Anysis was blinded, deposed and exiled.

Some scholars have argued that Akhenaten went blind at the end of his life and was supported by his wife Nefertiti.