Oedipus Rex Timeline

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  • 600 BCE

    Birth of Oedipus

    Son of Laius and Jocasta
  • Prophecy and Oedipus Banished
    599 BCE

    Prophecy and Oedipus Banished

    Oedipus was ordered to be killed since he would kill his father based on prophecy
  • Adoption of Oedipus
    598 BCE

    Adoption of Oedipus

    King and Queen of Corinth adopt Oedipus
  • 580 BCE

    Oedipus Leaves Corinth

  • 579 BCE

    Oedipus recieves his prophecy

    Receives a prophecy that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother
  • Oedipus Murders Laius
    578 BCE

    Oedipus Murders Laius

    Meets Laius but gets into an argument and ends up killing him.
  • Oedipus Solves the Sphinx's Riddle
    577 BCE

    Oedipus Solves the Sphinx's Riddle

    Frees Thebes from the Sphinx and becomes king
  • Plague in Thebes
    560 BCE

    Plague in Thebes

    New plague in Thebes forces Oedipus to send his son, Creon, to the Oracle
  • Oracle gives Creon the prophecy
    559 BCE

    Oracle gives Creon the prophecy

    Oracle gives Creon the prophecy that explains that they have to bring the killer of Laius to justice
  • 558 BCE

    The Investigation of Laius

    Oedipus becomes suspicious of the truth of his birth
  • Death of Polybus
    556 BCE

    Death of Polybus

    Polybus dies and Jocasta is relieved because she believes that the prophecy will not come true now.
  • 554 BCE

    Oedipus learns the truth from the shepherd

    Oedipus learns the truth about his birth from the shepherd who saved him after his banishment
  • Jocasta's Suicide and Oedipus blinds himself
    553 BCE

    Jocasta's Suicide and Oedipus blinds himself

    Learning the truth Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus blinds himself
  • Oedipus Dies
    530 BCE

    Oedipus Dies

    Oedipus dies and is buried in secret after banishing himself from Thebes and seeking refuge from his waring sons in Athens.