Question 5

Question 1

Oedipus - oracle received by parents

Answer 1

“They received an oracle not to have children (for their offspring would be a patricide)” - Apollodorus

Question 2

Oedipus - oracle received by Oedipus

Answer 2

“The god told him not to travel to his country for he would kill his father and have sex with his mother” - Apollodorus

Question 3

Oedipus - oracle coming true

Answer 3

“Oedipus was given his fathers Kingdom and, not knowing who she was, his mother as wife” - Hyginus

Question 4

Oedipus - measures taken to prevent oracle

Answer 4

“After boring through its ankles with pins, Laios gave the child to a shepherd to expose” - Apollodorus

Question 5

Perseus - prophecy

Answer 5

“She was fated to give birth to a son who would kill Arcrisius” - Hyginus

Question 6

Perseus - measures taken to prevent oracle

Answer 6

“Her father closed her and Perseus up in a chest and cast it into the sea” - Hyginus

Question 7

Perseus - prophecy coming true

Answer 7

“While competing in the pentathlon, he killed Arcristos instantly by hitting him on the foot with the discus” - Apollodorus

Question 8

Perseus - actions after fulfilled

Answer 8

“Understandinding that the prophecy had been fulfilled, he buried Arcristos outside the city” - Apollodorus