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Jocasta wanted to escape from the prophecy.
Jocasta tells Oedipus that her first child was dead after being taken into the mountains. Since she did not know whether this was true or not, it was a lie
The oracle told Queen Jocasta and King Laius of Thebes while she was heavily pregnant with Oedipus, that the child was destined to kill his father.
cz Jocasta understood that Oedipus is her child n the prophecy came true. And if Oedipus gets to know this, he will suffer, mentally.
Yes, Theban King Creon is Theban Queen Jocasta's brother. So he's the brother-in-law of Jocasta's first husband, Theban King Laius. That makes him the uncle of the royal couple's only child, Oedipus. He also becomes the brother-in-law of Oedipus when the latter becomes his own mother Jocasta's second husband!
Jocasta wanted to escape from the prophecy.
Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Jocasta tells Oedipus that her first child was dead after being taken into the mountains. Since she did not know whether this was true or not, it was a lie
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No - he was the second-born of four children.
The oracle told Queen Jocasta and King Laius of Thebes while she was heavily pregnant with Oedipus, that the child was destined to kill his father.
She was hinting to him that he was the child.
cz Jocasta understood that Oedipus is her child n the prophecy came true. And if Oedipus gets to know this, he will suffer, mentally.
A firstborn child is the first one born to a couple or individual; normally the eldest child.
The oldest child.
Yes, Theban King Creon is Theban Queen Jocasta's brother. So he's the brother-in-law of Jocasta's first husband, Theban King Laius. That makes him the uncle of the royal couple's only child, Oedipus. He also becomes the brother-in-law of Oedipus when the latter becomes his own mother Jocasta's second husband!
Antigone's father/brother is Oedipus. (Oedipus marries his mother, Jocasta and Antigone is their child.)