What does Oedipus say about his parents in Corinth? What is the oracle Oedipus received? An oracle told him that the people he believed were his parents were not actually his parents and that he would be responsible for his adopted father's death. An oracle told him that he was fated to solve the riddle of the Sphinx but also that he would be responsible for the deaths of his parents. An oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother, so he fled Corinth to prevent that terrible fate. An oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother, so he decided to reason with the Sphinx to try to prevent that terrible fate.