Once upon a time, a prince of Thebes was born with a hideous prophecy: he was fated to sleep with his mother. Determined to prevent that prophecy from coming true, the prince's mother took immediate action. She ordered a shepherd to get rid of the boy, and the shepherd stole the boy far away, to another land. In that other land, the prince was raised up by a different mother. Until one day, the prince got curious about his future and visited an oracle. There the prince heard a hideous prophecy: he was fated to sleep with his mother. Determined to prevent that prophecy from coming true, the prince took immediate action. Fleeing the home of the only mother he'd known, he journeyed far away to another land, until he came to a city known as Thebes, where he met a lovely widowed queen...