What is the prophesy in oediopus rex?

Question

please help me

i read the book but i dont understand it AT ALL!

if you could please help me!?!?!?!

thnx

Answer 1

The prophecy was that the king's son would grow up and kill him and then marry his wife (kid's mother).

So the king leaves Oedipus out in the middle of the road to die but he is saved by a traveling man.  Years later after he has grown up he meets his father (the king though he doesn't know its his father) on the road and kills him.

Then Oedipus answers the Sphinx's riddle correctly and becomes king and then he marries his mother (he doesn't know its his mother.)