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In Antigone
What is an Oedipus?
the story of Oedipus is that he was son of the Theban King Laius and Queen Jocasta. He was abandoned at birth in the woods and his feet had pins stuck throught them to the for…est ground, hence his name Oedipus meaning swolen foot. He was found by a Shepard and brought to Corinth where he was adopted by the king and queen. When he grew older, he went to see the oracle at delphi who told him that he was going to kill his father, marry his mother and have kids with her. Afraid, he ran away from home and met a guy at the crossroads. the guy cut him off sio Oedipus killed him. Oedipus came to Thebes and there was a sphynx outside who wouldn't let anyone in or out of the KIngdom. Oedipus solved the sphynx's riddle and he became the new king of Thebes and married the current king. In the end, he found out he had actually killed his father, the guy at the crossroads, and married his mother, queen of thebes. he had 4 kids with his mother. when his mother found out, she hung herself. Oedipus gauged both his eyes out with a stick. this was a tragic play written by Sophocles, the most famous and accomplished playwright of that time (MORE)