King Laius and Queen Jocasta abandon their child, Oedipus, because they are told a prophecy where their son is destined to kill his own father and marry his own mother.
Laius and Jocasta were the King and Queen of Thebes. Jocasta was a distant cousin of Laius, and Laius was third in descent from Cadmus. They were also the parents of Oedipus.
That thier son will kill it's father (Laius) and marry it's mother (Jocasta).
Her father is Oedipus, who is the son of Jocasta and Laius, the king and queen of Thebes.
He was born in Thebes, the son of Laius, King of Thebes, and Queen Jocasta
No, Theban King Creon isn't Theban King Laius' brother. Instead, he's his brother-in-law. Laius' wife, Theban Queen Jocasta, is Creon's sister.
Laius and Jocasta were the King and Queen of Thebes. Jocasta was a distant cousin of Laius, and Laius was third in descent from Cadmus. They were also the parents of Oedipus.
That thier son will kill it's father (Laius) and marry it's mother (Jocasta).
Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus (Jocasta's son).
Her father is Oedipus, who is the son of Jocasta and Laius, the king and queen of Thebes.
He was born in Thebes, the son of Laius, King of Thebes, and Queen Jocasta
No, Theban King Creon isn't Theban King Laius' brother. Instead, he's his brother-in-law. Laius' wife, Theban Queen Jocasta, is Creon's sister.
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
Jocasta is Oedipus' mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is the wife of Theban King Laius. Both she and her husband are descendants of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. The royal couple try to continue the Cadmeian line as the parents of subsequent Theban King Oedipus. Subsequently, Jocasta albeit unknowingly becomes the wife of her own son.
Laius and Jocasta are king and queen of Thebes at the time of Oedipus' birth in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta is not a king's daughter. But she becomes queen as a direct descendant of Thebes' founding King Cadmus and through her marriage to her cousin Laius. Laius is king because he too is descended from Cadmus and because he is Theban King Labdacus' son.
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.
Jocasta is Laius' wife in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta is the royal consort and queen of Thebes. Her husband is her cousin, King Laius. The royal couple are the great-grandchildren of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king.
Yes, Theban King Laius and Theban Queen Jocasta were the rulers of Thebes. They both were descended from Cadmus, founder and first Theban King around 2000 B.C.E. So they were related by the ties of marriage and by those of blood. That's why Jocasta's second husband, Oedipus, became sovereign upon marrying Laius' widow.