<P> After the rape of Chrysippus , Laius married Jocasta or Epicasta , the daughter of Menoeceus , a descendant of the Spartoi . Laius received an oracle from Delphi which told him that he must not have a child , or the child would kill him and marry his wife ; in another version , recorded by Aeschylus , Laius is warned that he can only save the city if he dies childless . One night , however , Laius was drunk and fathered Oedipus with her . On Laius 's orders , the baby , Oedipus , was exposed on Mount Cithaeron with his feet bound ( or perhaps staked to the ground ) , but he was taken by a shepherd , who did not have the resources to look after him , so he was given to King Polybus and Queen Merope ( or Periboea ) of Corinth who raised him to adulthood . </P>
<P> After the rape of Chrysippus , Laius married Jocasta or Epicasta , the daughter of Menoeceus , a descendant of the Spartoi . Laius received an oracle from Delphi which told him that he must not have a child , or the child would kill him and marry his wife ; in another version , recorded by Aeschylus , Laius is warned that he can only save the city if he dies childless . One night , however , Laius was drunk and fathered Oedipus with her . On Laius 's orders , the baby , Oedipus , was exposed on Mount Cithaeron with his feet bound ( or perhaps staked to the ground ) , but he was taken by a shepherd , who did not have the resources to look after him , so he was given to King Polybus and Queen Merope ( or Periboea ) of Corinth who raised him to adulthood . </P>
who made the prophecy about oedipus at his berth
who made the prophecy about oedipus at his berth
an oracle from Delphi
an oracle from Delphi