Œdipus
Role: solver of the Sphinx's riddle · First appears: Fable 68
Fable 68
- parent: Laius “Œdipus was the son of Laius, king of Thebes.”
- with Themis (Themis sent the plague after Œdipus's interpretation of the Sphinx's riddle.) “The dog is turned into stone, while hunting a wild beast, which Themis has sent to ravage the territories of Thebes, after the interpretation of the riddle of the Sphinx, by Œdipus.”
- with Sphinx (Œdipus solved the riddle posed by the Sphinx.) “Œdipus solved the riddle which it proposed for solution, on which the monster precipitated itself from a rock.”
Fable 80
- child: Eteocles “Eteocles and Polynices, the sons of Œdipus and Jocasta.”
- child: Polynices “Eteocles and Polynices, the sons of Œdipus and Jocasta.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.