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What was unlucky about laius' fatherhood?
His son Oedipus would kill him and marry Laius's wife and Oedipus's mother Jocasta.
What actually was unlucky about Laius' fatherhood?
His son Oedipus would kill him and marry Laius's wife and Oedipus's mother Jocasta.
Why does Oedipus kill Laius in self-defense in 'Oedipus Rex'?
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.
Did Oedipus kill his father?
Yes. Oedipus killed his biological father, king laius.
Who was laius in Oedipus Rex?
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
What was unlucky about laius' fatherhood?
His son Oedipus would kill him and marry Laius's wife and Oedipus's mother Jocasta.
What actually was unlucky about Laius' fatherhood?
His son Oedipus would kill him and marry Laius's wife and Oedipus's mother Jocasta.
Why does Oedipus kill Laius in self-defense in 'Oedipus Rex'?
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.
What is ironically similar about the reason Laius attempted to kill his child?
His child Oedipus, although unknowing of Laius being his father, would kill Laius.
Did Oedipus kill his father?
Yes. Oedipus killed his biological father, king laius.
Who was laius in Oedipus Rex?
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Who tells Oedipus he is laius's murderer?
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
How does Oedipus kill Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
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.
Why does Oedipus look for the muderer of king laius?
Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.
Who is laius' father?
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
Why didn't Oedipus at quicky after the murder of laius?
At the time of Laius's murder, Oedipus was not king of Thebes; in fact he unknowingly killed Laius and was the son of Laius.
Why did Laius and Iocaste send the infant Oedipus out to die in the mountains?
Because there was a prophecy saying that their son would kill Laius and marry Jacosta.
