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Greek Mythology | Oedipus

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Find out much more about the story of Oedipus in this detailed Wikipedia article.

IngresOdipusAndSphinx
"Oedipus and the Sphinx" by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres [Public domain]

"... he found that the king of the city (Laius) had been recently killed, and that the city was at the mercy of the Sphinx. Oedipus answered the monster's riddle correctly, defeating it and winning the throne of the dead king – and the hand in marriage of the king's widow, and (unbeknownst to him) his mother Jocasta."
"Variations on the legend of Oedipus are mentioned in fragments by several ancient Greek poets including Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Aeschylus and Euripides. However, the most popular version of the legend comes from the set of Theban plays by Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone."

The blind Oedipus led by his daughter Antigone
The blind Oedipus led by his daughter Antigone, by Marshall, Logan, tr [Public domain]