Which sequence is the correct order of steps and challenges that oedipus faced before he died? a: oedipus married jocasta. b: oedipus blinded himself. c: oedipus defeated the sphinx. d: laius abandoned oedipus on a hilltop. e: oedipus left thebes with antigone. a) a, e, c, d, b b) b, e, c, a, d c) c, a, d, e, b d) d, c, a, b, e e) e, b, c, a, d

The correct answer is D.

Explanation:

Oedipus was abadoned on a hiltop as a baby because of the profecy announced to his father that his son would murder him and marry his own mother.

However, Oedipus was adopted by the king and queen of Corinth. After learning the profecy that haunted him, he felt Corinth so as not to fulfill it and headed to Thebes.

Guarding the entrance of Thebes was a sphinx that presented travelers with a riddle. Oedipus defeated the sphinx and became king of Thebes.

He married the queen, Jocasta, who was, in fact, his mother.

Upon learning that he had fulfilled the profecy (he had unnknowingly killed his father on his way to thebes and married the queen, his mother) he gouge his own eyes out and blinded himself.

Afterwards, he went into exile, accompanied by his two daughters, Anitgone and Ismene and left his kingdome to his brother, Creon.

alone =having no one else present.

is this multiple choice?