alcmaeon made the prophecy about oedipus at his berth.
alcmaeon made the prophecy about oedipus at his berth.
who made the prophecy about oedipus at his berth?
alcmaeon
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in "oedipus rex", oedipus is the protagonist. oedipus' infanticide is planned by his parents, laius and jocasta, to avert him from fulfilling a prophecy; in truth, the servant entrusted with the infanticide passes the infant on through a series of intermediaries to a childless couple, who adopt him not knowing his history. oedipus eventually learns of the delphic oracle's prophecy of him, that he would kill his father and marry his mother; oedipus attempts to flee his fate without harming those he knows as his parents (at this point, he does not know that he is adopted). oedipus meets a man at a crossroads accompanied by servants; oedipus and the man fight, and oedipus kills the man (who was his father, laius, although neither knew at the time). he becomes the ruler of thebes after solving the riddle of the sphinx and in the process, marries the widowed queen, his mother jocasta. thus the stage is set for horror. when the truth comes out, following from another true but confusing prophecy from delphi, jocasta commits suicide, oedipus blinds himself and leaves thebes. at the end of the play, order is restored. this restoration is seen when creon, brother of jocasta, becomes king, and also when oedipus, before going off to exile, asks creon to take care of his children. oedipus's children will always bear the weight of shame and humiliation because of their father's actions.
sophocles