Oedipus is raised as the son of the King of Corinth, Polybus. One day, when he comes to know that King Polybus is not his real father, he counsels an oracle, who tells him that his parents are from the kingdom of Thebes. On his way to Thebes, he encounters King Lauis, who tells him that he had a son named Oedipus, whom he killed. King Lauis then tries to kill Oedipus but is killed himself.
Sphinx is a half-woman half-lion creature who strangles passersby that cannot answer her riddle. Oedipus answered her riddle, and Sphix jumped off a a high-rock and killed herself.
Continuing his journey to Thebes, Oedipus encounters a sphinx. The sphinx asked a riddle to everyone who traveled to Thebes. It ate the travelers who were unable to answer his riddle. It asks, "What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?"
Oedipus becomes the first one to answer: "Man; as an infant, he crawls on all fours, as an adult, he walks on two legs and, in old age, he relies on a walking stick."
Now, the sphinx throws itself to death. Grateful, the Thebans appoint Oedipus as their king. Oedipus is also given the recently widowed Queen Jocasta's hand in marriage.
Oedipus is unaware that he has killed his father and married his mother as told by the Oracle.
Oedipus then realizes that he is Queen Jocasta's son. She hangs herself. Oedipus takes the pinning in her hung body and stabs his eyes and becomes blind and wanders through the woods. His two sons start to rule.
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