The Ancient Greek Queen Who Married Her Own Child!

Описание: The Ancient Greek queen who married her own child! #greekmythology #mythologyshorts

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Oedipus was the son of Laius, the king of Thebes, and his wife, Jocasta. Before his birth, an oracle prophesied that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified by this prophecy, Laius and Jocasta decided to kill their newborn son. They ordered a servant to leave the baby on a mountainside to die.

The servant took pity on the infant and gave him to a shepherd from the neighboring city of Corinth. The shepherd gave the baby to the childless king and queen of Corinth. As a young man, he visited an oracle and heard the same prophecy that his birth parents had received. Oedipus left Corinth to avoid fulfilling the prophecy. On his journey, he encountered Laius, his biological father, and killed him in a dispute, unknowingly fulfilling the first part of the prophecy.

Oedipus then arrived in Thebes, which was being terrorized by the Sphinx. The Sphinx posed a riddle to him, promising to leave Thebes if he could solve it. He answered the riddle correctly, and he was hailed as a hero. As a reward, he was given the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen, Jocasta, his biological mother.

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