Laius

Oedipus, the extraordinary hero who rescued countless lives from the wrath of the Sphinx, actually ended up confronting a miserable end. Oedipus, once a prideful, respected being, committed sinful actions by murdering his father and marrying his mother, without his awareness. He discovers that the prophecy by Apollo was true; he did end up killing his father and sharing his bed with his mother. Upon realizing this, Oedipus blinds himself, for he was unable to handle the burden of pain and misery…

On the day of his birth, Sandepidis, son of Muzaine the leader of the revolt in Madagascar and the ghost of ancient Queen Beatrise, was removed from Madagascar and banished to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. For it was King Pterniusaka’s fear of the potential power embezzled in this child and the threat he may pose to his tyrannical rule that possessed Pterniusaka to order the banishment. On that same brutally hot day in 499 CE, Pterniusaka ordered his men to capture Muzaine, and to bring him…

In book two, "Of Mortal Children and Immortal Lusts", of Ovid's Metamorphoses we see the story of Jove and Callisto, a story in which Callisto is raped by Jove yet Callisto is seemingly blamed for the said occurrence. Although in the beginning of his writing Ovid implies that Callisto is in fact a victim and not at fault, as the tale progresses that stance seems to change into blaming Callisto for beings raped, this is amplified by both Juno and Diana blaming Callisto for the rape. In the…

In the play: Oedipus Rex, the main character, Oedipus, has his fate determined before the play starts. His fate is read in an ancient prophecy: You’ll murder your father and marry your mother. When Oedipus was born, he sent to mountain top to die, but he was found. Once he was found by his adopted parents, Polybus and Merope, he kills the king of Thebes, Laïos. Laïos was Oedipus’ biological father. Oedipus did not know at the time of his action that Laïos was his real dad, Oedipus wanted to be…

In Oedipus the King, Oedipus marries his mom and kills his father. In doing so Oedipus acts without knowledge because he does not know he killed his real dad. He does not realize that because he does not know that Laios was his real dad. Which led Oedipus to try and change his fate but ended up following it anyway. From the moment Oedipus was born, he had a predestined fate for him which was to kill his dad and marry his mom but Oedipus is innocent of fate because he acts without knowledge.…

First after Oedipus is born he is given away and leaves his hometown to then he unknowingly kills his father. Later on he attempts to find King Laius's killer but Oedipus doesn't realize this and add a bit of conflict when he is told he killed him making it ironic he would be looking for a killer when it was unknowingly him. As Oedipus together all of the information about who he really is although it was foreshadowed many times but the clues given by the Oracle. In the end Oedipus is so…

Motherhood is an extensively explored subject within Greek tragedies. Most mothers in Greek tragedies play pivotal parts in the plot and contribute to the theme of the play as a whole. In the Greek tragedy King Oidipous by Sophocles, Jokasta’s role and influence as a mother shows that she is featured in the tragedy as an instrument of fate and to show how the role of a wife can conflict with being a mother; consequently, Jokasta’s roles are a major part in the meaning and outcome of the play.…

These words were spoken by Kreon in Sophocles’ play, Oedipus the King. The recipient of these words was none other than Oedipus himself, the king of Thebes and Kreon’s brother-in-law. At this point in the plot, Kreon had just returned from the Oracle of Delphi, where he sought answers concerning Apollo’s plague, which was destroying Thebes. For the plague to end, Apollo orders the city to be cleansed. This requires either the exile or execution of the murderer of Laios, Thebes’ former king.…

Oedipus and Jocasta had four children all had tragic deaths, some of them honorable deaths while others had disgraceful deaths and the differences will be listed below. Firstly, Polyneices is one of the mistaken characters, people say that he is the traitor and the disgraceful one but he is actually honorable because when it was Polyneices’ turn to control Thebes and assume the throne Eteocles his brother betrayed him and refused to hand the throne over which ended up in a war between Thebes…

(Oedipus Tyrannus 2.8). The Herdsman comes and wants nothing to do with explaining all he saw, for he knows the truth and the pain of what happens when it comes out. Oedipus finally finds out that he was the baby that was giving away, that he was Laius and Jocasta’s son. Jocasta was very distraught and killed herself, and upon realization of what he did Oedipus gauges his eyes out, for he was against suicide. Oedipus punished himself, he felt he did not deserve to see, and since the citizens or…