Jan 12, 2016
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THE MYTH OF
OEDIPUS!
King Laios Queen Jocasta
It’s A Boy!!!!
What should we name him?
How about Oedipus?
Oedipus It is!
The Next day….The King gets a letter from the oracle
saying….
Dear king,
I am the Oracle Yoda. I have had a vision that your new son Oedipus, when he gets older, will murder you and marry your wife A.K.A. his mother. So I’d advise you to kill
your son or send him far away.
Sincerely,Yoda
Good Heavens I need to send him away!!!!!
King Laios gives the baby to a shepard
who travels to Corinth….
Were he meets the King of
Corinth
Ahhh shepard, I need you to take my son and kill him!
Ok King I will
Even after being told the story of what Oedipus will do, the king of Corinth did not kill him and continued
to raise him as a child.Years later Oedipus found out the King and Queen of
Corinth weren’t his real parents. He set off to find
his destiny.
Get out of the way!
Come back here!DIE!!!!!!
He killed the old man who tried to run him off the road and continued
with his journey
Oedipus traveled far and wide.
And finally was stopped by a Sphinx.
Halt!
In order to pass you
must solve my riddle.
What creature walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon,
and 3 legs in the evening?
Ummm….a human
Correct!
Woot! You killed the Sphinx. Be our
King!
Ok sweet…I’m King Oedipus!
You must marry Queen Jocasta to be
king!
Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla, I
pronounce you King and Queen.
The King and Queen A.K.A. mother and son got married and had 4 kids together. 2 boys and 2 girls. Polyneices and Eteocles were the
boys. Antigone and Ismene were the girls.
Knock KnockCome in
I am Yoda. My vision has
come true. Oedipus you have killed your father, and married
your mother!!!!
Oh My God!!!!
EWWWW!!!!!!!
Oedipus gauged out his eyeballs and His
wife/mother killed herself
Oedipus was eventually exiled out of Thebes by Creon, the new
leader.