oracle at delphi told oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
oracle at delphi told oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
who tells oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother?
oracle at delphi
many years after the marriage of oedipus and jocasta, a plague of infertility struck the city of thebes, affecting crops, livestock and the people. oedipus asserted that he would end the pestilence. he sent his uncle, creon, to the oracle at delphi, seeking guidance. when creon returned, oedipus learned that the murderer of the former king laius must be brought to justice, and oedipus himself cursed the killer of his wife's late husband, saying that he would be exiled. creon also suggested that they try to find the blind prophet, tiresias who was widely respected. oedipus sent for tiresias, who warned him not to seek laius' killer. in a heated exchange, tiresias was provoked into exposing oedipus himself as the killer, and the fact that oedipus was living in shame because he did not know who his true parents were. oedipus angrily blamed creon for the false accusations, and the two argued. jocasta entered and tried to calm oedipus by telling him the story of her first-born son and his supposed death. oedipus became nervous as he realized that he may have murdered laius and so brought about the plague. suddenly, a messenger arrived from corinth with the news that king polybus had died. oedipus was relieved for the prophecy could no longer be fulfilled if polybus, whom he considered his birth father, was now dead.
oedipus
theseus then informs oedipus that a suppliant has come to the temple of poseidon and wishes to speak with him; it is oedipus's son polynices, who has been banished from thebes by his brother eteocles. oedipus does not want to talk to him, saying that he loathes the sound of his voice, but antigone persuades him to listen, saying, "many other men have rebellious children, quick tempers too...but they listen to reason, they relent." oedipus gives in to her, and polynices enters, lamenting oedipus's miserable condition and begging his father to speak to him. he tells oedipus that he has been driven out of thebes unjustly by his brother and that he is preparing to attack the city. he knows that this is the result of oedipus's curse on his sons and begs his father to relent, even going so far as to say to his father, "we share the same fate." oedipus tells him that he deserves his fate, for he cast his father out. he foretells that his two sons will kill each other in the coming battle. "die! die by your own blood brother's hand—die!—killing the very man who drove you out! so i curse your life out!" antigone tries to restrain her brother, telling him that he should refrain from attacking thebes and avoid dying at his brother's hand. refusing to be dissuaded, polynices exits.
oedipus at colonus