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Why did Oedipus leave his home in Corinth?

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He decided to leave Corinth for Delphi, so he could learn of his parentage at the oracle of Apollo. There he was given the news that he would kill his father and sleep with his mother. To prevent the oracle from coming true, Oedipus went to Thebes.

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