A crossroads is where Theban King Laius is killed. It's located between Delphi and Thebes. Laius starts a street brawl over the right of way there. He and all but one of his companions are killed by a vastly outnumbered, lone assassin. What neither he nor the perpetrator know is the relationship of father to son between Laius and future Theban King Oedipus.
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Laius was killed by Oedipus when he was first arriving in Thebes
Laius was killed by his son Oedipus.
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
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Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.