The are the king and queen of Corinth.

King Polybos and Queen Merope are the king and queen of Corinth who take in Oedipus in Oedipus Rex after his parents abandon him.

His birth parents are the king and queen of Thebes, King Laius and Queen Jacosta.

His adopted parents (who he thought were his real parents) are the king and queen of Corinth, King Polybus and Queen Merope.

He does not want to fulfill the prophecy of him killing his father and marrying his mother so, since he believes that King Polybus and Queen Merope (king and queen of Corinth) are his real father and mother, he runs away to Thebes, thinking that he is protecting his alleged parents.

She is a fictional character from Sophocles Tragic play, Oedipus Rex

Queen Merope is The Queen of Corinth, Wife to King Polybus, and they together adopt the young Oedipus after he is abandoned by his true parents King Laius and Queen Jocasta from Thebes.