Oedipus

Kills his father, Laius, and marries his mother, Jocasta, and becomes king of Thebes.

Genealogy

Jocasta

Laius

Periboea (foster-mother), Polybus (foster-father)

Antigone, Eteocles, Ismene, Polynices

Jocasta

Antigone, Eteocles, Ismene, Polynices

Places
  1. Cithaeron
  2. Colonus
  3. Corinth
  4. Delphi
  5. Mount Phicium
  6. Phocis
  7. Thebes
Events
  1. Laius pierces baby Oedipus’ ankles
  2. A herdsman exposes baby Oedipus per Laius’ instructions
  3. Herdsmen of Polybus, king of Corinth, find baby Oedipus
  4. Herdsmen bring baby Oedipus to Periboea, who adopts him
  5. Periboea raises Oedipus as her own
  6. Oedipus’ jealous friends call him a bastard
  7. Periboea refuses to confirm Oedipus’s parentage
  8. Oedipus receives a prophecy that he will murder his father and marry his mother
  9. Oedipus leaves Corinth to avoid the prophecy
  10. Oedipus kills Laius and his herald Polyphontes
  11. Oedipus arrives at Thebes
  12. Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx
  13. Oedipus becomes king of Thebes
  14. Oedipus unwittingly marries his mother, Jocasta
  15. Polynices, Eteocles, Ismene and Antigone are born to Oedipus and Jocasta
  16. Oedipus discovers that he is the son of Laius and Jocasta
  17. Oedipus is driven from Thebes by his sons
  18. Oedipus stabs out his eyes
  19. Oedipus curses his sons
  20. Oedipus and Antigone arrive at Colonus
  21. Oedipus is a suppliant at the Precinct of the Eumenides
  22. Theseus hosts Oedipus
  23. Oedipus dies
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.7
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.8
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 676
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 28.7
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 30.4
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.5
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.8
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 3.4
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 8.8
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.6
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 2.4
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.10
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.11
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.12
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.15
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 9.5
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.3
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.4
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.5
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.6
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.2
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 26.2
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 26.4
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.3
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.4
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 17.4
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