Oedipus timeline By Divicus 1 CE Oedipus cast out of Thebes as baby. (Presumed dead) Period: 1 CE to 12 01 For my purposes in this, all events will be over the span of one year. 2 The man in the party tells oedipus that polybus and merope aren’t his real parents 3 Oedipus goes to oracle and learns that he will do the ting 4 Oedipus leaves Corinth to prevent the prophecy 5 Oedipus kills Lisius 6 Oedipus defeats the sphinx 7 The plague hits 8 Oedipus is crowned as king 9 Oedipus sends brother in law to oracle 10 Brother in law comes back with “good” news 11 Oedipus learns that leisus was killed “by robbers” 12 Oedipus curses himself by making the speech about the murderer being cursed