![]() ![]() Oedipus was the son of Laius, the king of Thebes, and his wife Jocasta (called Epicasta in some sources). Because of this sharp reversal in fortune, Oedipus is often remembered as the great “tragic hero” of Greek mythology. ![]() ![]() When Oedipus found out what he had done, he blinded himself and went into exile. Unfortunately, this led him to inadvertently fulfill the prophecy: he killed an old man that he met on his travels (not recognizing him as his father Laius) and later married Jocasta (not knowing she was his mother) after defeating the Sphinx. When Oedipus heard that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, he left home in an effort to avoid his fate. But the child was found by a herdsman and raised by the Corinthian king Polybus. Oedipus was abandoned in the wilderness soon after his birth when his father learned of a prophecy that he would die at the hands of his son. He suffered a tragic downfall, however, when he discovered that he had unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, was a Greek hero and king of Thebes, celebrated for defeating the fearsome Sphinx. ![]()
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