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Oedipus removes Jocasta's brooched and scratches her eyes out along with his so they won't see the pain he has caused.
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Creon takes Oedipus' children away from him and grants him his wish of being driven out of Thebes.
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Jocasta is so upset with this news she hangs herself.
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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.
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The shepherd Oedipus called for denies knowing the messenger and giving a baby to him.
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Jocasta begs Oedipus to call off the search because she knows the truth.
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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.
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The messenger then explains Oedipus was not their birth son, he was a gift from the messenger who received Oedipus from a shepgerd.
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Jocasta goes to the Oracle to pray to the gods to help her husband.
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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.
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Oedipus is outraged and sends Tiresias away. Jocasta then explains that King Laius was killed at a place where two branching roads meet.
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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.
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In order to find out who killed Laius, Oedipus sends for the prophet Tiresias to tell them.
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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.
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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.
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Once Oedipus hears this news he confronts his "parents" and they deny the allegation.
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Scared that he will fulfill the prophecy, Oedipus runs away from corinth.
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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.
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Oedipus' journey ends in Thebes. When he gets there King Laius is pronounced dead.
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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.
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Once Oedipus hears this news he confronts his "parents" and they deny the allegation.
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the king and queen give their baby to a shepherd to take to the mountain where it should die
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the baby is found and given to the king and queen of corinth who are not able to have children of their own
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King Laius and Queen Jocasta have a baby boy
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King Laius and Queen Jocasta find out that their son is destined to kill his father and marry his mother
