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When the truth was discovered, his wife-mother hanged herself, and Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. They had four children together. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles 's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone.
Oedipus was a king who married his own mother after killing his own father-not knowing that either were his parents. The story of Oedipus The King, Sophocles ' most renowned work, is useful for giving us insight into Antigone's doomed lineage and should be understood prior to reading Antigone.