4. Iocasta and Oedipus
The necklace later fell into the hands of Queen Iocaste. Iocasta was married to Laius, the king of Thebes, and both of them were actually descendants of Cadmus and Harmonia.
Laius, who has homosexual tendencies, abducted and killed a beautiful boy when he was young, and his father cursed him for "being killed by his own son". So when Queen Iocaster gave birth to a baby boy, Laios cruelly ordered him to be abandoned in the wilderness.
He didn't want the baby boy to be adopted by the king and queen of neighboring Corinth, and named his feet swollen from injuries Oedipus. When Oedipus grew up, an oracle in the Temple of Delphi revealed that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Unaware that King and his wife were actually his adoptive father and mother, Oedipus left Corinth and vowed never to return in order to prevent the oracle from coming true.
On the narrow road to Thebes, Oedipus meets Laius, who is about to secretly visit the temple of Delphi. The two quarrel over the road, and in a fit of rage, Oedipus accidentally kills his own father.
After Oedipus came to Thebes, he solved the riddle of the Banshee Sphinx, causing her to commit suicide in shame and save the people of Thebes from the disaster. The people elected him king, and according to Xi, he married Queen Iokasta who lost her husband.
Iocasta bore Oedipus two sons, Polyneíkes and Eteocles, and two daughters. In this way, Oedipus did not escape the fate of killing his father and marrying his mother.
A prophet reveals the truth of the matter, and Oedipus realizes that he has committed a great sin. He pierced himself in the eyes with a brooch and wandered the world ever since. Iocasta was so ashamed that he hanged himself, and the cursed necklace was passed on to his eldest son, Polynicus.
5. Erifele and Amphiaraus
After losing his rivalry with his brother for the throne of Thebes, Polynicus fled to Argos, where he was recruited as his son-in-law by the king of Argos, Adrastus, and married the eldest princess, Argea.
Adestus decided to attack Thebes and help his son-in-law take the throne. He needed the support of his brother-in-law, the prophet Amphiaraus, who knew nothing but went into hiding.
Polynicus had already given the necklace to Princess Arkico, and in order to find Amphiaraus, he gave it to Eriphyle, the wife of Amphiaraus.
Erifer was the sister of Adestus and the aunt of Princess Alkico. She bore Amphiaraios two sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus.
Eriferer couldn't resist the necklace's **, so she revealed her husband's hiding place. Forced to join the war, Amphiaraus knew that he would not be spared, so before he set out, he secretly told his eldest son, Alcmayon, that if he heard of his death, he must avenge his father.
Adestus led seven heroes and armies such as Amphiaraus and Polyniceus to attack Thebes, which is the famous "Seven Generals Attack Thebais". After a long battle between the two sides, the two brothers Polynicus and Eteocles were forced to fight each other, and they both died.
The prophet Amphiaraus later died on the battlefield, and Alcmeon learned of the news that, after a long struggle of ideas, he finally killed his mother, Erifer, to avenge his father. But he is also haunted by the goddess of revenge, and he is in agony and flees in all directions.
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