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Apollo's priests prophesy that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother. This is foretold at his birth, causing King Laius to order the infant's death; however, a shepherd gives young Oedipus to the Old Man of Corinth, and the king and queen of Corinth adopt the baby boy. Oedipus hears the prophesy once he is an adult, causing him to flee Corinth only to fulfill the prophecy by killing King Laius on the road and marrying Jocasta.

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Thyestes; Phaedra; the Trojan Women; Oedipus with Octavia