To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King or Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son.

שם הספר
Electra and other plays - AJAX, ELECTRA, WOMEN OF TRACHIS, PHILOCTETES - PENGUIN CLASSICS #
The Theban Plays
The complete plays of sophocles ; translated by richard jebb
Oedipus the king
Sophocles i : oedipus the king oedipus at colonus antigone