Oedipus_The_King

Oedipus The King What a Tale! Destiny, incest, and irony are just a few words that describe this breath-taking tale. Who would of thought that the story of “Oedipus the King” would be so interesting. From my research, I discovered that this tale was written by Sophocles between 441-427 B.C.E (Oedipus 2). The meaning of the story simply says that even if one tries to change their destiny, one will not succeed (Oedipus). In this story, the king and queen of Thebes ordered their servant to get rid of Oedipus, their son, because of the oracle of Delphi prophecy (son will marry his other and produce offspring with her). Surprisingly, the servant could not kill the child so he left child to be found by someone. Luckily enough, a shepherd discovered the child and gave Oedipus to the king and queen of Cornith. There Oedipus grew up thinking that the couple was his true family. As Oedipus grew up, he began to question his relation to the king and queen of Cornith. To solve this problem, he visited the oracle of Delphi. There, Oedipus was told that he would marry his mother and produce offspring with her. Not knowing oedipus, king, tale, one, story, sphinx, prophecy, discovered, things, thebes, queen, just, future, city, child, answered, wrong, truth, tries, told, thrown, son, servant, question, produce, plaque, parents, oracle, offspring, new, mother, marry, laius’s, know, home