Theban kings in Greek mythology predictions brought him closer to his fate - Oedipus killed King Laius and married Jocasta. Oedipus then became king of Thebes, as husband of the widowed Jocasta. The couple had four children, including two sons, Polyneices and Eteocles. When the seer Teiresias revealed Oedipus' horrible crimes - patricide, regicide and incest, no less - Oedipus was forced to abdicate. Jocasta killed herself, and Oedipus was shunned by his own children. Oedipus responded by cursing his sons Polyneices and Eteocles. "Polyneices" and "Eteocles" made a pact that each should rule alternately for one year at a time. But Eteocles reneged on
Magnes (son of Aeolus) became king of the island while his brother Dictys, a fisherman would later receive Danae and her son Perseus. Pierus, the father of Hyacinth by the Muse Clio, was also called a son of Magnes. The scholiast of Euripides called Magnes' wife as Philodice and his sons Eurynomus and Eioneus. Otherwise, Eustathius named his wife as a certain Meliboea and mentions one son, Alector and adds that Magnes called the town of Meliboea, at the foot of mount Pelion, after his wife, and the country of Magnesia after his own name. Magnes (son of Aeolus) In Greek mythology, Magnes (Ancient