• As a young man, Oedipus heard a rumor that he

was not the biological son of

• The king of Thebes Laius and Queen Jocasta had given

a birth to a son, who soon to replace his father on the
throne.
• A prophecy had been told that king Laius is to perish by
the hand of his own son, so the king ordered to exile his
son and leave him to his death in the Jungle.
• The baby (Oedipus) was not killed but instead the
messenger cast him away to Corinth of which he was
adopted by King Polybus and Merope.
• The baby was named Oedipus and now a young man
believing that his parents were the ruler Corinth.