In Works and Days, Hesiod relates that Zeus destroyed the first generation of heroes by forcing aconflict over this person's sheep.
In Works and Days, Hesiod relates that Zeus destroyed the first generation of heroes by forcing aconflict over this person's sheep. This man's father-in-law Menoeceus leapt from the walls of the cityhe ruled to end a plague. This person speared Polyphontes to death after getting his foot run over bya chariot wheel. This man was spared the fate of being exposed upon Mount (*) Cithaeron, insteadarriving at the court of Periboea and Polybus. This clubfooted person blinded himself with a pin during hiscatharsis. At a place where three roads met, he killed Laius and later married Jocasta after correctlyanswering "man" to the riddle of the Sphinx. For 10 points, name this Theban who was fated to kill hisfather and marry his mother.
In Works and Days, Hesiod relates that Zeus destroyed the first generation of heroes by forcing aconflict over this person's sheep.
Oedipus