The irony here is that the King and Queen, scared of the fate that the prophecy described, tried so hard to avoid it, and in doing so, actually set the chain of events that lead to it. When eventually, the truth comes out, everyone involved is horrified and disgusted by the misfortune that occurred, and there are several tragic suicides that follow, including both Oedipus and his mother/wife. He goes on to travel to this kingdom, and does some sort of great deed for thim (i dont quite remember the details) and earns renown there, and the love of the newly widowed queen, his own mother (who, along with the rest of the kingdom, does not know who was responsible for the king's death). After bumping into a wealthy caravan during his travels, he gets into a skirmish with a highborn fellow and his entourage, and he slays them all, not knowing that the highborn he killed is actually the king of the neighboring kingdom, and thus his biological father. Oedipus, after growing up with exceptional prowess in a number of areas, gains a lot of pride and arrogance, and also a temper. However, the lowborn cannot bring himself to kill the child, so he gives him to a lowborn from a neighboring kingdom to do the deed, who in turn, brings the child to the king of that kingdom, who raises Oedipus as his own. Horrified, they decide to get rid of the child, paying a lowborn to dispose of him in infancy. In the greek tragedy, from what I can remember, the king and queen, parents of the main character, Oedipus, hear from a prophet that their child will grow up to kill his father and marry his mother.

If you have ever read, or are familiar with, the ancient Greek tragedy 'Oedipus Rex', you can draw a lot of stark parallels to it (which is considered the epitome of tragic heroism) from Children of Hurin.

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