Question 5 Flashcards
Oedipus - oracle received by parents
“They received an oracle not to have children (for their offspring would be a patricide)” - Apollodorus
Oedipus - oracle received by Oedipus
“The god told him not to travel to his country for he would kill his father and have sex with his mother” - Apollodorus
Oedipus - oracle coming true
“Oedipus was given his fathers Kingdom and, not knowing who she was, his mother as wife” - Hyginus
Oedipus - measures taken to prevent oracle
“After boring through its ankles with pins, Laios gave the child to a shepherd to expose” - Apollodorus
Perseus - prophecy
“She was fated to give birth to a son who would kill Arcrisius” - Hyginus
Perseus - measures taken to prevent oracle
“Her father closed her and Perseus up in a chest and cast it into the sea” - Hyginus
Perseus - prophecy coming true
“While competing in the pentathlon, he killed Arcristos instantly by hitting him on the foot with the discus” - Apollodorus
Perseus - actions after fulfilled
“Understandinding that the prophecy had been fulfilled, he buried Arcristos outside the city” - Apollodorus
