Important+Incidents+for+Oedipus+Rex



First when oedipus was younger he was abandoned, then rescued by a shephard. Then the shephard takes the Oedipus to the king and queen of Corinth. They adopted him and raised him. After a few years, Odeipus finds out a story about how his life is going to turn out. Oedipus then goes to the Oracle, who tells him that he will marry his mother and kill his father.

When he hears that, he leaves Corinth and never returns. After he leaves, he runs into a old man that tried to ride him down and kills him. A little later, he finds the sphinx that was terrorizing Thebes and he defeated it by answering the riddle correctly. He then goes to Thebes and is awarded by Jocasta, who gives him equal share of the government and the city. After a few years of sharing leadership with Jocasta, he has four children with her. After that, Oedipus sends the brother of Jocasta, Creon, to go talk to the Oracle for the third visit. The oracle says that the killer of Laius must be found. After a little searching, they find out that Oedipus is the one who kills Laius. He tries to avoid Apollo's curse and get away from the murder, but Apollo ends up blinding Oedipus. Oedipus the king marries Jocasta, who turns out to be his mother also. After Oedipus realizes all the problems, Jocasta has a kid and hangs herself. Leaving the child abandoned, Oedipus takes his eyes out with the pin of Jocasta's brooch.

Walton, J. Michael. "Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannus) Play by Sophocles, 430 BC." __Reference Guide to World Literature__. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2: Works. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2003. 1423-1424. __Gale Virtual Reference Library__. Gale. Woodside High School. 9 Nov. 2010 .