What did the Delphic oracle prophesy that Oedipus would do to his parents?
kill his father and marry his mother! The Oracle of Delphi said three things in that story: – he “warned Laius, ruler of Thebes, that his own child would murder him. When his wife, Jacosta, gave birth to Oedipus, Laius took him away, drove a nail through his feet, and left him on Mount Cithaeron. A shephard saved Oedipus and took him away to Corinth where he was adopted by King Polybus and his wife Periboea.” – “told [Oedipus] that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Not wanting the prophecy to come true, Oedipus ran away. On his way to Thebes, Oedipus had an argument with a stranger and killed him. The stranger was Laius, his father. […] The people of Thebes were so happy to be rid of the Sphinx that they made Oedipus their new king and he married the recently widowed Queen Jacosta. The prophecy had come true.” – “told [Oedipus] that to be rid of the plague he must banish the one who had killed his father and married his mother. Only then did Oedipus and Jacosta learn the
