That he defeats the Sphinx is the reason why Oedipus can enter Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the monstrous Sphinx demands upon pain of death the same challenging riddle to all who enter and leave Thebes. No one knows the answer as to what life form crawls on fours in the morning of life, on twos in the afternoon and on threes in the evening. Oedipus offers the correct answer, the Sphinx throws herself over a nearby cliff, and Oedipus enters the city and collects the reward of marriage with Jocasta, Thebes' widowed queen.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
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Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
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Jocasta is Oedipus' mother and wife and queen of Thebes.
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Oedipus, who is also her brother. Oedipus, the king of Thebes. His story is told in the play "Oedipus Rex".
Oedipus has become the king of Thebes.