Is Oedipus a historical king

Answer 1

Theban King Oedipus may or may not have been a historical king. He was descended from Cadmus, who was the founder and first king of Thebes. Cadmus established his city around 2000 B.C.E.* Cadmus in turn was the son of King Agenor of Tyre, in Phoenicia. In the ancient literature of the Greek speaking world, the family lines ascending from Oedipus to Cadmus, and descending from Oedipus, were preserved in such pieces of literature as plays by Aeschylus [525/524 B.C.E. - 456/455 B.C.E.] and Sophocles [496 B.C.E.-406 B.C.E.].

But were those plays based on fact? Or were their characters and their story lines made up to prove a point? Or was it a working out of the two?

*Before the Christian Era