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King Laius and Queen Jocasta were told that there son would kill his father and marry his mother by the Oracle.
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Laius and Jocasta asked a servant to kill oedipus
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The servant left Oedipus on mount Cithaeron to die.
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A shepherd found baby oedipus on the side of the mountain
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The shepherd takes Oedipus to the king and queen of Corinth (Polybus and Merope) and they adopted him.
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the name oedipus translates to "swollen foot" because when oedipus was found on the mountain his feet were bound together.
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Oedipus hears rumors that King Polybus and Queen Merope aren't his birth parents
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Oedipus visits Apollo's temple and he goes back to Corinth to protect his "parents"
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Oedipus kills his father (king laius) without knowing
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Oedipus solves the riddle of the sphinx and becomes king.
"What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?" -
A massive plague comes over Thebes, the oracle told Creon that the plague will not end until the murder is solved.
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Tiresias questions Oedipus about the murder of Laius. Tiresias also says that the murderer of King Laius is the brother and the father of his own kids and the son of his wife.
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A messenger tells Oedipus that he should not ponder over the prophecy (that he will marry his mother) because Merope is not his birth mother
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Oedipus realizes that he did in fact kill his father and marry his mother, he goes back to find Jocasta dead.
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When Oedipus found Jocasta dead he gouged out his eyes and Creon (Jocasta's brother) became King.
