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Jocasta likewise insisted that Laius’ killer couldn’t have been Oedipus, for she'd heard that Laius was killed at a crossroads by robbers.

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She declared that the divine plague would only relent if the killer of Thebes’ previous king, Laius, was finally revealed, then driven out or avenged with blood.

What the grieving woman couldn’t guess, however, was just how close the killer was.