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Corinth is the adoptive home town of Theban King Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Oedipus is born in Thebes where it is predicted that he will grow up to kill his father, Theban King Laius. His parents therefore try to kill him, but he survives through the help of a Theban and a Corinthian shepherd. The latter brings him to Corinth, where Oedipus is adopted by the childless King Polybus and Queen Merope.

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