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510 BCE
Oedipus blinds himself
Oedipus removes Jocasta's brooched and scratches her eyes out along with his so they won't see the pain he has caused. -
510 BCE
Oedipus enters palace to be driven out of Thebes
Creon takes Oedipus' children away from him and grants him his wish of being driven out of Thebes. -
509 BCE
Jocasta kills herself
Jocasta is so upset with this news she hangs herself. -
509 BCE
Oedipus threatens shepherd
Oedipus threatens the shepherd if he does not talk he will torture him. The shepherd tells him about how Jocasta gave her baby (Oedipus) to him to kill, but he could not do it so he gave the baby to the messenger. -
508 BCE
The shepherd denies knowing the messenger
The shepherd Oedipus called for denies knowing the messenger and giving a baby to him. -
507 BCE
Jocasta wants Oedipus to call off search
Jocasta begs Oedipus to call off the search because she knows the truth. -
506 BCE
King Polybus dies
A messenger comes to Thebes to tell that King Polybus (Oedipus adopted father who he believes is his real father)and that the people of Corinth want him to be there king. Oedipus is relieved by this news because he believes this means he did not fulfill the prophecy. -
506 BCE
Oedipus finds out he was a gift
The messenger then explains Oedipus was not their birth son, he was a gift from the messenger who received Oedipus from a shepgerd. -
505 BCE
Jocasta goes to the Oracle
Jocasta goes to the Oracle to pray to the gods to help her husband. -
504 BCE
Oedipus accused of the murder of King Laius
When Tiresias arrives he does not want to tell Oedipus what he knows, but when Oedipus pushes him to, Tiresias reveals that Oedipus himself killed the king. -
504 BCE
Jocasta explains how the king was killed
Oedipus is outraged and sends Tiresias away. Jocasta then explains that King Laius was killed at a place where two branching roads meet. -
504 BCE
Oedipus finds out he might have killed Laius
Oedipus then asks Jocasta when this happened and she says close to before he arrived. This makes him think he is the killer and asks for the survivor of the attack to come talk to him. -
503 BCE
Tiresias is called
In order to find out who killed Laius, Oedipus sends for the prophet Tiresias to tell them. -
502 BCE
Oedipus becomes King
Oedipus solves the riddle of the sphinx. The people of Thebes declare him their king. He then ends up marrying Queen Jocasta and having 4 kids with her. -
502 BCE
Disease is spread around Thebes
A disease has spread thorugout Thebes so Oedipus sends Creon ( his brother-in-law) to find out what is wrong. Creon returns saying the murderer of Lauis must be brought to justice for the disease to go away. Oedipus declares he will find the killer and curses him by saying what will happen to him when he is found. -
501 BCE
Oedipus confront the king and queen
Once Oedipus hears this news he confronts his "parents" and they deny the allegation. -
500 BCE
Oedipus runs away
Scared that he will fulfill the prophecy, Oedipus runs away from corinth. -
500 BCE
Oedipus kills travelers
On his journey, Oedipus runs into a group of travelers and gets into an argument with them killing them all including King Laius (his father) however, he does not know that. He kills all of them but one survives. -
500 BCE
Oedipus arrives in Thebes
Oedipus' journey ends in Thebes. When he gets there King Laius is pronounced dead. -
499 BCE
Oedipus hears he is not King Polybus' and Queen Merope's son
The king and queen name the baby Oedipus and raise him. When he is older he hears from a drunk man that he is not their biological child. -
499 BCE
Oedipus confronts the king and queen
Once Oedipus hears this news he confronts his "parents" and they deny the allegation. -
498 BCE
Give baby to shepherd
the king and queen give their baby to a shepherd to take to the mountain where it should die -
498 BCE
Baby given to King Polybus and Queen Merope
the baby is found and given to the king and queen of corinth who are not able to have children of their own -
497 BCE
Baby is born
King Laius and Queen Jocasta have a baby boy -
497 BCE
Find out about prophecy
King Laius and Queen Jocasta find out that their son is destined to kill his father and marry his mother
