Oedipus

Character · slug: oedipus

Also: Helen

Stories (12)

The Five Ages of Man (Hesiod, *Works and Days*)
Cosmogony / Theogony — ages of humankind · Hesiodic — *Works and Days* (five races; Bronze and Heroic ages distinct)
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)
Blinding of Oedipus and Exile from Thebes
Theban · Sophoclean (*OT* end) / Apollodorean (exile timing variants)
Oedipus at Colonus: Arrival, Death, and Heroic Passing
Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus at Colonus* (+ Apollodorean notice)
Conflict of Eteocles and Polynices; Exile of Polynices
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (*Phoenissae*, *OC*, *Seven* backstory)
Mutual Killing of Eteocles and Polynices
Theban · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean (fraternal duel)
Ismene: Fate Variants (Antigone’s Sister)
Heroes — Theban / Oedipus’s daughters · Sophoclean survival vs. tragic / handbook death variants
Oedipus Remains King at Thebes (Homeric Variant)
Heroes — Theban / Homeric vs. tragic Oedipus · Homeric — *Odyssey* 11 (Epicaste); Oedipus continues to rule
Jocasta’s Suicide (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
Heroes — Theban / Oedipus · Attic tragic — Sophocles *OT* (Jocasta hangs herself when the truth is clear)

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Oedipus

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