How Oedious came to experience his final downfall.

Time Reveals All Things: Oedipus Confronts His Past I believe that all of Oedipus' actions from a young age lead to his fortune. When he was a young man, Oedipus said, "There was a dinner and at it a man, a drunken man, accused me of being bastard. I was furious but held my temper under for that day,"(pg. 45). However, the insult continued to distress him so he left Corinth for Delphi. Oedipus travels …

…man may want to marry them because they are cursed. He leaves them with one last prayer, "give me a life wherever there is opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's," (pg. 75). His sons on the other hand don't get the same treatment. As we see in Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus swears that he will never give his support to either of his sons because they did nothing to prevent his exile.