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The Corinthian messenger's information on Oedipus' parentage is the peripitea in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the peripitea describes the reversal from fortune to misfortune. It is the point at which life no longer favors an individual's happiness, health and success. That point occurs when the Corinthian messenger says that Theban King Oedipus is a native born in the Theban royal household, not that of Corinth.

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