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Oedipus

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Oed·i·pus  (d-ps, d-)
n. Greek Mythology
A son of Laius and Jocasta, who was abandoned at birth and unwittingly killed his father and then married his mother.
[Latin, from Greek Oidipous : oidein, to swell + pous, foot; see octopus.]
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Noun1.OedipusOedipus - (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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Thus in the Oedipus, the messenger comes to cheer Oedipus and free him from his alarms about his mother, but by revealing who he is, he produces the opposite effect.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
277 E) that Sophocles followed the Epic Cycle closely in the plots of his plays, we may suppose that in outline the story corresponded closely to the history of Oedipus as it is found in the "Oedipus Tyrannus".
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Oedipus denounces the crime of which he is unaware, and undertakes to track out the criminal.
Oedipus The King by Sophocles View in context
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