Oedipus encountered a chariot that was driven by his birth father, King Laius. After a fight over who had the right to proceed ahead of the road, tragedy occurred. In self defense, Oedipus slay Laius after the king tried to deliberately run him over with his chariot. The only witness to the event was a slave, who ran away to another caravan.
He was a mythical Greek king of Thebes
In Greek mythology she was the mother of Oedipus by Laius. After Oedipus killed Laius and married her she was the mother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus. Of these, only Eteocles and Polynices were male.
Jocasta; she is also Oedipus' wife. Classic example of incest
In Greek Myth, Oedipus, king of Thebes; was the son, as he supposed, of Polybus, king of Corinth, and Merope his wife, but found to be the son of Laïus and Jocasta.
Jocasta
Jocasta, mother/wife of Oedipus; Laius was her 1st husband, but Oedipus accidentally murdered him
He was a mythical Greek king of Thebes
oedipus
Yes but it was unintentional. You may read the Greek mythology and read the story of Oedipus the King of Thebes. He was a good man but he unintentionally killed his father and later married his own mother. He had a bad ending though. :-)
In Greek mythology she was the mother of Oedipus by Laius. After Oedipus killed Laius and married her she was the mother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus. Of these, only Eteocles and Polynices were male.
In Greek mythology, the Queen of Thebes was Jocasta. She was the wife of King Laius and later married her son Oedipus unknowingly. Jocasta tragically ended her own life upon discovering the truth.
Megara was in ancient Greek mythology the princess of city of Thebes. She was the oldest of Creos, the king of Thebes. Creon offered Megara to Hercules in exchange for defending the city of Thebes.
Cadmus
The island of Thebes is a mythical location featured in Greek mythology, best known from the story of Oedipus. It is not a real geographical place.
In Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally and unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. When his mother found out this awful truth, his mother hung herself.
Niobe of Tantalus
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta becomes Queen of Thebes through her marriage to her relative, Theban King Laius, and through her descent from Cadmus, founder and first King of Thebes. By her first husband, she has one child, whom she believes to have been killed in order to prevent the carrying out of an unenviable prophecy. But that child grows up to become Oedipus, Jocasta's second husband.