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          Oedipus

          "Swollen-foot." The son of Laius and Iocaste of Thebes. The tragic fate of this hero is more celebrated than that of any other legendary personage, on account of the frequent use which the tragic poets have made of it.

          In their hands it also underwent various changes and embellishments; but the common story is as follows.

          Laius, a son of Labdacus, was king of Thebes, and husband of Iocaste, a daughter of Menoeceus (or Creon1), and sister of Creon.

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          5. As Laius had no issue, he consulted the oracle, which informed him that if a son should be born to him he would lose his life by the hand of his own child. When, therefore, at length Iocaste gave birth to a son, they pierced his feet, bound them together, and then exposed the child on Mount Cithaeron.

          There he was found by a shepherd of king Polybus of Corinth, and he was called from his swollen feet Oedipus.

          When he was brought to the palace, the king and his wife Merope (or Periboea)2 brought him up as their own child.

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