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He was a divine hero and key personage in the Theban founding myth.
Who was King Laius?
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King Laius and Jocasta and King Polybus and Queen Merope.
Who were Oedipus real parents? Who took him in after they sent him away?
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She was his sister.
How was Creon related to Jocasta?
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On Kitharion by shepherds.
Where was Oedipus found?
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That he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother.
What the prophecy that King Laius and Jocasta were told about their son?
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The monster's riddle.
What was the riddle that Oedipus solved?
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They got married because Oedipus solved the riddle and since Jocasta was a widow getting married was the reward.
Why did Jocasta and Oedipus get married?
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At the oracle at Delphi.
Where did Oedipus learn about the prophecy?
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Because he was scared of the prophecy coming true.
Why did King Laius pierce his son's foot together and send him away?
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It asked "What is that which in the morning goeth upon four feet; upon two feet in the
afternoon; and in the Evening upon three?"
What did the riddle ask Oedipus?
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4 and their names were Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene.
How many kids did Jocasta have with Oedipus? What were the children's names?
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Swollen feet.
What does Oedipus mean?
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By Damasistratus, the king of Plataea.
Where was King Laius killed at?
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He seized two pins from her dress and blinded himself with them.
What did Oedipus do to himself once he found out he married his mother and had children with her?
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She committed suicide by hanging herself.
What did Jocasta do to herself once she found out that she married and had children with her son?
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Oedipus at Colonus then Antigone.
What stories came after Oedipus the King?
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