He is forced to leave thebes and dies at colonus near athens
Oedipus knew and was made King of Thebes.
Oedipus answered the sphinx's riddle and sphinx killed herself. Once the sphinx was gone the people of Thebes were safe.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
Oedipus is king of Thebes
by answering the question of sphinx.
It is because he defeats the Sphinx that the citizens of Thebes make Oedipus their king in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx asks a seemingly unsolvable riddle of all incoming and outgoing Thebes. Those who do not have an answer get killed and eaten by the Sphinx. A reward of marriage with widowed Queen Jocasta and job as king of Thebes is offered to whomever defeats the Sphinx. Oedipus knows the correct answer to the riddle, defeats the Sphinx, and gets the girl and the job.
Oedipus, who became the King of Thebes.
First, Oedipus flees Corinth. Second, he kills four men at a crossroads between Delphi and Thebes. Third, he frees Thebes from the Sphinx. Fourth, he marries Theban Queen Jocasta and thereby becomes King of Thebes.
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.