person
Polybus
also: Polybus of Corinth
King of Corinth and foster-father of Oedipus, who believes Polybus and Merope his true parents; his natural death seems at first to disprove the oracle.
Reading notes
- Oedipus §1 Polybus
King of Corinth and Oedipus's supposed father; Oedipus fled Corinth to escape the oracle.