King Musu Ghanaian Storytelling : Theatre Sketching

 

King Musu is a Ghanaian play based on the Greek mythology of Oedipus. Oedipus is born as a cursed child. The prophecy states that he will kill his father and marry his mother.

I was puzzled:  How old was his mother when she had him, and how old were they when they married? I am guessing that, by the age of 40, one would already be deemed ancient. And at 80 years old, a living prehistoric being.