# Polybus — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Polybus in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-oedipus-rex

## Who they are

King of Corinth, adoptive father of Oedipus, whose death sets events in motion.

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