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When Oedipus, the king of Thebes, realized he had married his own mother and had two sons and two daughters with her, he blinded himself and cursed his sons to divide their inheritance ( the kingdom ) by the sword.
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When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year.
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When Oedipus desired to know more about his parentage, he consulted the Delphic Oracle, only to be told that he must not go to his home or he would kill his father and marry his mother.
When the messenger turned back to look at the spot where Oedipus last stood, he says that " We couldn't see the man-he was gone-nowhere!
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When he grew up, Oedipus was warned that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
When and king
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When and Thebes
When Amphitryon finally returned to Thebes, Alcmene told him that he had come the night before and slept with her ; he learned from Tiresias what Zeus had done.
When Pausanias visited Thebes in Boeotia, in the second century AD, he was shown Hector's tomb and was told that the bones had been transported to Thebes according to a Delphic oracle.
When Hera learned that Semele, daughter of Cadmus King of Thebes, was pregnant by Zeus, she disguised herself as Semele's nurse and persuaded the princess to insist that Zeus show himself to her in his true form.
When the boy grows up, he attends some funeral games at Thebes, and is recognized by the mark of a dragon on his body.
When Pausanias visited Thebes in the 2nd century AD, he was shown the very bridal chamber where Zeus visited her and begat Dionysus.
When his true identity was later discovered, officials exiled the women from Thebes.
When the relationship was revealed, he was expelled from Thebes.
When word came of Laius's death, Creon offered the throne of Thebes as well as the hand of his sister ( and Laius ' widow ) Jocasta, to anyone who could free the city from the Sphinx.
When Cadmus was obliged to quit Thebes, Harmonia accompanied him.
When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia.
When he returns to Thebes, he is again put on trial, and again acquitted.
When Labdacus had grown, he ruled Thebes for a short time.
When news of the uprising at Thebes reached Sparta, an army under Cleombrotus had been dispatched to subdue the city, but turned back without engaging the Thebans.
When Epaminondas returned to Thebes, he continued to be dogged by his political enemies who prosecuted him for the second time.
When Epaminondas came forward asking to swear on behalf of the whole Boeotian League, the Spartans refused saying he could swear as the representative of Thebes or not at all.
When the Argives ( of Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes or Statius ' Thebaid ) marched against Thebes, they met Hypsipyle and made her show them a fountain where they could get water.
When Heracles grew up, he built a sanctuary to Galinthias and sacrificed to her ; the practice of honoring Galinthias in Thebes lasted down to late times.
When Thebes rose to greater prominence, Mut absorbed these warrior goddesses as some of her aspects.
When still a general, Horemheb built a large tomb here, though he was later buried as Pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes.
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