Euryganeia Jocasta and Oedipus, but agreed that the more famous foursome were the children of Euryganeia. There was a painting of her at Plataea in which she was depicted as mournful because of the strife between her children. Following Euryganeia's death, Oedipus married Astymedusa, who plotted against her stepsons. Euryganeia In Greek mythology, Euryganeia (, "Eurygáneia") is occasionally named as Oedipus' second wife and the mother of his children, Polynices, Eteocles, Ismene and Antigone. She was either a daughter of Hyperphas or Jocasta's sister. According to Pausanias, the statement at "Odyssey" 11.274—that the gods "soon" made the incestuous marriage between Oedipus
Oedipus and the Sphinx pass. Failure means his own death and that of the besieged Thebans. The riddle was: "What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?". Oedipus answered: "Man: as an infant, he crawls on all fours; as an adult, he walks on two legs and; in old age, he uses a walking stick". Oedipus was the first to answer the riddle correctly and, having heard Oedipus' answer, the Sphinx was astounded and inexplicably killed herself by throwing herself into the sea. Oedipus thereby won the freedom of the Thebans, the kingdom of that city