What is the nature of divine justice in Oedipus the King? Are the gods fair or unfair?

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tragic fall in 's was through no fault of his ownup to a certain
point.

Laius andtry to circumvent the will of the gods by giving baby Oedipus
to a shepherd with instructions to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd, unaware of the
prophecy, takes pity on the child and gives Oedipus to another shepherd, who takes him to
Corinth. There, he is adopted by King Polybus and Queen Merope, who raise Oedipus as their
own.

When Oedipus discovers that Polybus and Merope aren't his birth parents,
he goes to the Oracle for advice, and the Oracle tells him about the original prophecy. To avoid
killing his father, who he thinks is Polybus, and to avoid marrying his mother, who he thinks is
Merope, he leaves Corinth for Thebes. He does this solely out of consideration for Polybus and
Merope, not out of pride or for any other reason. The gods can hardly blame him for
that.

On the way to Thebes, he is run off the road by Laius's chariot.
Oedipus doesn't...