Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (9)

• Laius, Chrysippus, and the Oracle against a Son
  Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (Pelops curse; Delphic warning; Labdacid doom)
• Birth and Exposure of Oedipus; Rearing by Polybus and Merope
  Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Cithaeron exposure; Corinthian fosterage)
• Delphi and the Murder of Laius at the Crossroads
  Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Phocian / Daulian crossroads)
• The Sphinx’s Riddle; Oedipus King; Marriage to Jocasta
  Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (riddle solved; throne and queen as prize)
• Plague at Thebes and the Discovery of the Truth (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
  Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus Tyrannus* (+ Apollodorean summary)
• Amphion and Zethus: The Walls of Thebes
  Theban · Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* Antiope) / Pausanian
• Nycteus and Lycus: Theban Usurpation Setup
  Heroes — Theban political prelude (pre-Amphionid) · Apollodorean / Pausanian genealogical politics
• Labdacus and Laius: Lineage Bridge to the Labdacids
  Heroes — Theban / Labdacid genealogy · Apollodorean / Pausanian (thin reigns; exile of Laius; restoration after Amphionids)
• Jocasta’s Suicide (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
  Heroes — Theban / Oedipus · Attic tragic — Sophocles *OT* (Jocasta hangs herself when the truth is clear)

Places appearing with them

• Corinth
• Crossroads
• Crossroads in Phocis
• Elis
• Jocasta’s chamber
• Mount Cithaeron
• Phician hill
• Pytho
• Road into Thebes
• Road to Thebes
• Sicyon
• Spring Dirce
• Thebes

Themes

• Abduction
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• War