Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Laius
Tall and old are Oedipus' first impressions of Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus asks his wife, Queen Jocasta, about her first husband Laius' height and age. Jocasta characterizes Laius as of the same shape and size as Oedipus. She also describes him as having whitening hair.
That Laius strikes the first blow, that it is donein an insulting manner and that it really hurts is why Oedipus strikes back in self-defense in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is traveling from Delphi to Thebes. Laius is traveling from Thebes to Delphi. The two meet at a crossroads in Phocis, and Oedipus has the right-of-way, which Laius refuses to respect. Laius hits Oedipus really hard on top of the head, and Oedipus' retaliation is powerful enough to kill Laius.
Oedipus is Laius's murderer.
That he is father to his own killer is what Oedipus considers unlucky about Laius' fatherhood in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Kings Laius and Oedipus are father and son. They each fall in love with and marry the same woman, Queen Jocasta. They each have children with her. But Laius' son turns out to be his father's killer.
Oedipus
Laius
As father to son is the way in which Laius is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Laius is married just once before he dies. His wife is Queen Jocasta. The royal couple's only child is Oedipus.
Tall and old are Oedipus' first impressions of Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus asks his wife, Queen Jocasta, about her first husband Laius' height and age. Jocasta characterizes Laius as of the same shape and size as Oedipus. She also describes him as having whitening hair.
Creon is the brother in law of Laius by the sister of Creon and wife of Laius, Jocasta.
That Laius strikes the first blow, that it is donein an insulting manner and that it really hurts is why Oedipus strikes back in self-defense in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is traveling from Delphi to Thebes. Laius is traveling from Thebes to Delphi. The two meet at a crossroads in Phocis, and Oedipus has the right-of-way, which Laius refuses to respect. Laius hits Oedipus really hard on top of the head, and Oedipus' retaliation is powerful enough to kill Laius.
Oedipus is Laius's murderer.
That he is father to his own killer is what Oedipus considers unlucky about Laius' fatherhood in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Kings Laius and Oedipus are father and son. They each fall in love with and marry the same woman, Queen Jocasta. They each have children with her. But Laius' son turns out to be his father's killer.
It is Oedipus who kills his father in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Laius is King Oedipus' father. A stranger murders Laius and gets away. But years later, a murder investigation reveals the stranger to be Oedipus.
Laius is Oedipus' real father in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Laius is the father of Theban King Oedipus. But Oedipus' parents leave him to die from exposure on the mountains outside Thebes because of a dreaded prophecy. Oedipus survives, is fostered into the Corinthian royal house, and has no idea that Laius is his biological father.
Because he himself is the accused, Oedipus doubts what Teiresias says about the identity of Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus arrives in Thebes after the death of Theban King Laius. So he does not remember ever meeting his royal predecessor. He therefore doubts that he can be identified and punished as Laius' murderer.
It is with his staff in self-defense that Oedipus kills Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Laius' charioteer jostles the greatly outnumbered, limping and younger Oedipus. Then Laius makes the situation worse by hitting Oedipus hard on the head with a double whip. Oedipus responds in self-defense and with lethal fury to the head wound, which is really insulting and which really really hurts.