What do Oedipus' true parents do to avoid the prophecy that he may kill his father and marry his mother?
2007-05-04 12:04:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
after birth, Laius takes him to a mountain, pierces the backs of his feet together and leaves him there to die of exposure
Oedipus means 'swollen foot'
2007-05-04 12:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by Dani G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they leave him on the mountain top where he is found and raised by someone else.. when he is a adult he is walking down the road and meets up with his real father in a fight he kills him and then later on does marry his mother
2007-05-04 21:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by vis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They abandon their child. As it turns out he is saved to still be a curse on them.
2007-05-04 20:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by robinhoods_gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋