id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3359 Polybus of Corinth - Wikipedia .html text/html 1029 155 76 On hearing that, obviously horrified and disgusted with such a prophecy, Oedipus imposed self-exile upon himself and kept away from Corinth, as he resolved never to murder King Polybus, who had been a kind father to him. King Oedipus, in his effort to find the cause of plague due to a patricide, revealed that he was told in his teen years that he was destined to murder his father, and sent a spy to Corinth to see who is currently on the throne. Since Polybus was in fact his adoptive father, Oedipus could and did kill his true father, King Laius, and fulfill the prophecy. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3359.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3359.txt