Theban kings in Greek mythology broken heart. Thus, the throne of Thebes was vacant and the Thebans invited back "Laius", who resided in the Peloponnesus under the protection of King Pelops, thereby restoring the original dynasty of Cadmus. When Laius became king, he married Jocasta, daughter of Menoeceus, son of Pentheus. Given that the Delphic oracle warned Laius not to have a son because that son was fated to kill his own father, Laius exposed his newborn son - who nevertheless survived, and grew up under the name of "Oedipus". In a tragic tale - in which every step Oedipus took to avoid the oracle's
Atrax (mythology) kill Hebrus, who threw himself into the river Rhombus, which was subsequently renamed Hebrus. Atrax (mythology) In Greek mythology, Atrax () was the son of the river god Peneus and Bura. He was believed to have been the founder and eponym of Atrax or Atracia, a city in ancient Thessaly. He had three daughters: Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous); Caenis, who transformed into a male, Caeneus; and Damasippe, who was married to Cassandrus of Thrace and fell in love with her stepson Hebrus (Cassandrus' son by his first wife Crotonice); as he rejected all her advances, she took revenge on him