Who Is Oedipus A Tragic Hero
Biography of Oedipus: A tragic hero.
Birth:
Oedipus was child of King Laius and Jacosta, the ruling couple of Thebs. Laius was eager to know the future for his personal knowledge, but the new he received were quite unwelcoming. He was told that his newborn son, Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Disturbed by the new he was given, Laius gave the new born to a herdsman and ordered him to kill the child. A spike was driven through the baby’s ankles and was left on Mt. Cithaeron to die. However Oedipus survived and was found by a peasant in employ of Polybus of Cornith. The peasant took the infant to his master, who adopted him since both him and his wife, Merope, were unable to have children.
Now grown, Oedipus decided to not go back to the town where, who he believed to be his parents, lived. On his way to Thebs, Oedipus came to a crossroads and faced a carriage going the opposite direction. The driver struck Oedipus to get him to move from the passage way, but the enraged young man instead killed both the driver and the man whom he was transporting (King Laius) completing half the prophecy, Oedipus carried on with his journey to Thebs. …show more content…
The monster guarded Thebs from travelers. The only way to get through was by solving her riddle: “What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?” because no one could ever solve the riddle, they were eaten by the
Birth:
Oedipus was child of King Laius and Jacosta, the ruling couple of Thebs. Laius was eager to know the future for his personal knowledge, but the new he received were quite unwelcoming. He was told that his newborn son, Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Disturbed by the new he was given, Laius gave the new born to a herdsman and ordered him to kill the child. A spike was driven through the baby’s ankles and was left on Mt. Cithaeron to die. However Oedipus survived and was found by a peasant in employ of Polybus of Cornith. The peasant took the infant to his master, who adopted him since both him and his wife, Merope, were unable to have children.
Now grown, Oedipus decided to not go back to the town where, who he believed to be his parents, lived. On his way to Thebs, Oedipus came to a crossroads and faced a carriage going the opposite direction. The driver struck Oedipus to get him to move from the passage way, but the enraged young man instead killed both the driver and the man whom he was transporting (King Laius) completing half the prophecy, Oedipus carried on with his journey to Thebs. …show more content…
The monster guarded Thebs from travelers. The only way to get through was by solving her riddle: “What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?” because no one could ever solve the riddle, they were eaten by the