Oedipus The King
Laius marries his cousin Jocasta. (They are now the King and Queen of Thebes) They are childless. Laius goes to a future teller and the future teller tells him that he will have a son and his son will kill him and sleep with his wife. Both Jocasta and Laius grow fearful and they plan to kill the child after it is born. Soon enough the child is born and they tell the shepherd to take the child up to the top of the hill and leave it so it can die.
The shepherd feels sorry for the little child and takes the child to Corrinth. The child grows up and is named Oedipus.…
