Mythology Summary and Analysis of Oedipus;

Antigone
King Laius of Thebes hears from the Oracle at Delphi that he will die at
the hands of his own son. To prevent this from happening, he leaves his
baby boy on a mountain for dead, but another man saves the baby. Years
later, Laius is murdered by robbers on the road.
At the same time, a huge Sphinx has been terrorizing the land. One
man, Oedipus, comes upon it on the road. Oedipus has been running
away from home because an oracle has predicted he will kill his father.
The Sphinx gives him an unsolved riddle: what creature walks on four
legs, then two, then three? Oedipus answers: mankind, who crawls, then
walks, then uses a cane. This answer is correct, and the Sphinx kills
itself. Oedipus becomes a famous liberator and marries the late king's
wife, Jocasta.
After years of happy rule, a terrible plague hits the land. An oracle
decrees that the only way for the plague to end would be to punish King
Laius's killer. Oedipus seeks the truth, but a prophet tells Oedipus that he
himself is the killer. A man from the robbery of Laius says the same
thing. Upon realizing this truth, it becomes clear to Oedipus that he has
killed his father and then married his own mother. Jocasta kills herself,
and Oedipus pokes out his eyes, both people feeling immense shame and
guilt.
Oedipus and his wife/mother Jocasta have several daughters and sons.
After the horrific truth came out that Oedipus killed his father and
married his mother, Oedipus exiled himself to an island where his
daughter Antigone takes care of him until he dies.
Back in Thebes, Jocasta's brother, Creon, becomes king, but Oedipus's
son Polyneices wages war against him. Oedipus’s other
son Eteocles defends Thebes, and in the fighting, the two brothers kill
each other. With his power unchallenged, Creon declares that no one
should bury Polyneices, but in Greek culture, the process of burying the
dead is very sacred in order to give the soul happiness in the afterlife. In
secret, Antigone buries her brother, so Creon kills her for her noble
crime.