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One of the fragmentary remains of the Epic Cycle.
There are only three fragments of this six thousand six hundred verse poem in existence and the fragments we possess are references to the poem and not excerpts from this lost epic.
According to these references, Oedipus’ children were born from a woman named Euryganeia and not by his mother, Iokaste (Jocasta). We are also informed that Haemon the son of Kreon (Creon) did not kill himself but was killed by the Sphinx.
For the complete translations of the Epic Cycle I recommend the Loeb Classical Library volume 57, ISBN 0674990633; you can sometimes find this book at the library or you can order it from the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.
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