And so Oedipus ran from Delphi, determined never to see his parents in Corinth again. Did he forget it was because of doubts about his parentage that he'd gone to the oracle in the first place? He came to a place where three roads meet. Alone, on foot, he met a man with an entourage. Why did he kill him?

• The man insulted him
• The man tried to run him down
• The man assaulted him