oedipus

the doomed child

new beginnings

starting over

change of place

finding of the truth

the truth

"Evertheless, when the oracle warned Laius that he would die at the hands of his son he determined that this should not be. When the child was born he bound its feet together and had it exposed on a lonely mountain where it must soon die."

king Polybus takes saves oeidpus and starts to raise him

So matters stood when there came into the stricken country a stranger, a man of great courage and great intelligence, whose name was Oedipus. He had left his home, Corinth, where he was held to be the son of the King.

"Oedipus gained all and more than he had left. The grateful citizens made him their King and he married the dead King's wife. Jocasta. For many years they lived happily.

He brought you up as though you were his, but he took you from my hands." "Where did you get me" Oedipus asked. “Who were my father and mother"“I know nothing of them," the messenger said. “A wandering shepherd gave you to me, a servant of Laius."

"Within the palace Oedipus wildly sought for his wife that was his mother. He found her in her chamber. She was dead. When the truth broke upon her she had killed herself. Standing beside her he too turned his hand against himself, but not to end his life. He changed his light to darkness. He put out his eyes.

the doomed child

new beginnings

starting over

change of place

finding of the truth

the truth

"Evertheless, when the oracle warned Laius that he would die at the hands of his son he determined that this should not be. When the child was born he bound its feet together and had it exposed on a lonely mountain where it must soon die."

king Polybus takes saves oeidpus and starts to raise him

So matters stood when there came into the stricken country a stranger, a man of great courage and great intelligence, whose name was Oedipus. He had left his home, Corinth, where he was held to be the son of the King.

"Oedipus gained all and more than he had left. The grateful citizens made him their King and he married the dead King's wife. Jocasta. For many years they lived happily.

He brought you up as though you were his, but he took you from my hands." "Where did you get me" Oedipus asked. “Who were my father and mother"“I know nothing of them," the messenger said. “A wandering shepherd gave you to me, a servant of Laius."

"Within the palace Oedipus wildly sought for his wife that was his mother. He found her in her chamber. She was dead. When the truth broke upon her she had killed herself. Standing beside her he too turned his hand against himself, but not to end his life. He changed his light to darkness. He put out his eyes.