Power is given to one that deserves it. For example, if you’re the leader of a country or a president, you must do something beneficial for your citizens to be considered powerful.

Oedipus the King had that kind of power in the City of Thebes. As we can see in the image below, Oedipus is faced by the Sphinx, which is a female creature with a body of a lion and has a human head. The Sphinx had wings of an eagle and the tail of a snake. The monster wouldn’t let anybody in the city of Thebes unless they answer “What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening”? Then the genius Oedipus the king gave the right answer “Man”. As we all know that human beings crawl on all four during our childhood, we walk on two feet during adulthood, and we are all old we use a cane. He was welcomed as a savior into the city after conquering Sphinx.

When asked how Oedipus answered the Sphinx’s question, he said “ I needed no help from the bird; I used my wits to find the answer. I solved it (Oedipus The King, 476-479).

At the beginning of the play, the priest describes Oedipus as the powerful man. We can see an example of it when the priest comes to Oedipus to tell him: “We haven’t come to beg at your hearth because we think you’re the god’s equal. We’ve come because you are the best man at handling trouble or confronting gods”(Oedipus The King, 38-41). Oedipus can be a very nice man when it comes to helping his own people.

It is often said that you get to realize the value of someone after their death. People of the city of Thebes. As the chorus states “ Thebans, that man is the same Oedipus whose great mind solved the famous riddle. He was a most powerful man.” ( Oedipus The King, ( 1733-1735).