"When grown up, Oedipus is told by the oracle that he would slay his father and marry his mother. On his return to Corinth he met Laius in a narrow pass and, in a dispute about the road, slew him." — The Delphian Society, 1913

Death of Laius

"When grown up, Oedipus is told by the oracle that he would slay his father and marry his mother. On…

"Oedipus and the Sphinx" — Gayley, 1893

Sphinx

"Oedipus and the Sphinx" — Gayley, 1893