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Answer #1
He had an unnatural sexual obsession with her. This obsession is the basis of the 'Oedipus Complex' term of Psychiatry.
Answer #2
Oedipus too thought that he could escape fate. He was warned against killing his own father and marrying his own mother. But he was operating under the mistaken impression that Polybus was his father, and Merope his mother. He therefore ran away from home.
Oedipus then made the mistake of not being vigilant, not maintaining his guard, and not looking a gift horse in the mouth. He would have served himself better to question any interactions with older individuals senior enough to be his father and his mother.
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Did anyone other than Oedipus marry his own mother?
Your mother
Oedipus learns from the Delphic oracle that he will marry his?
Oedipus learns from the oracle that he will marry his mother.
Who tells Oedipus he will kill his father and marry his mother?
Tiresias a blind prophet tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
What is Oedipus' curse?
to kill his father and marry his mother
Does Oedipus marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus marries his own mother in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, Oedipus is the son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus grows up thinking that his foster parents, King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, are his biological parents. As an adult, he leaves Corinth, kills an arrogant elderly man on the way to Thebes and marries the King's widow ... his own mother Jocasta.
Did anyone other than Oedipus marry his own mother?
Your mother
Oedipus learns from the Delphic oracle that he will marry his?
Oedipus learns from the oracle that he will marry his mother.
Who tells Oedipus he will kill his father and marry his mother?
Tiresias a blind prophet tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
What is Oedipus' curse?
to kill his father and marry his mother
What did the oracle tell Oedipus?
The oracle told Oedipus that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Does Oedipus marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus marries his own mother in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, Oedipus is the son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus grows up thinking that his foster parents, King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, are his biological parents. As an adult, he leaves Corinth, kills an arrogant elderly man on the way to Thebes and marries the King's widow ... his own mother Jocasta.
Why is Oedipus' family cursed?
Oedipus's fate was fixed before his birth. oedipus' father king Laius abducted Chrysippus son of Pelops. So he cursed Laius to be killed by his own son and the boy would marry his own mother. pelops was the king of Pisa.
What was the name of the baby destined to murder his father and marry his mother?
Oedipus
What was unlucky about laius' fatherhood?
His son Oedipus would kill him and marry Laius's wife and Oedipus's mother Jocasta.
What was the prophecy that Oedipus fulfilled?
An oracle had a prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father, king of Thebes, and marry his mother.
What was oedipus' misfortune?
Oedipus' misfortune was that he killed his own father, and slept with his mother.
What is the heart of the prophet filled with according to the chorus leader in Oedipus the King?
Kill his father and marry his mother. Kill his father and marry his mother.
