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An oracle had a prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father, king of Thebes, and marry his mother.
Priests read oracle bones to the king. The oracle answered questions and predicted the future. The oracle would only be available to the king. The king would ask the the priest to read the oracle for him. that is why they read oracles. because the king asked.
He gets killed
Shang Kings have questions scratched on oracle bones so the ancestors to answer the question
I can give you several sentences.The oracle predicted that he needed to sail on the fifth of next month.The king consulted an oracle before he decided to go to war.The Oracle in the movie "The Matrix" could really tell the future.
the oracle told him to to become a slave to a king. by this he completed his 12 labors and was then freed
Twelve Labors He did it for a oracle Delphi.Answer 2:The oracle told him to do them, but it was king Eurysteus he did them for.
The Delphic oracle is the only oracle in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Delphic oracle is consulted by Theban King Oedipus when he has questions about his true parentage. It also is to be consulted by King Laius, who is killed before doing so.
Sophocles, the author of the play, speaks through the oracle.
The oracle told Queen Jocasta and King Laius of Thebes while she was heavily pregnant with Oedipus, that the child was destined to kill his father.
Identify and punish the perpetrator or perpetrators is what Apollo wants Thebans to do about the unsolved murder of Theban King Laius. The god passes that information on through his Oracle. The Oracle specifies that punishment must be execution or exile. Note that the Oracle says that the plague will only be lifted when the murderer is punished.
This is from the story of Oedipus, in which the prophecy is that the son of the king will kill his father and marry his mother.