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Wrong! No: there was one survivor of Laius' party of five who returned to Thebes to tell the story of the attack by thieves: later we're told that when he saw Oedipus was the new ruler, he begged Jocasta to let him retire to the country to be a shepherd. This character is the Old Shepherd, who plays a crucial role in the drama.